The Long View
Things only visible across decades. Which hype cycles repeat, what survived, and what keeps coming back wearing a new name.
Since 1996
Thirty Years In
What a thirty-year career actually teaches you about getting senior.
I have been writing production code since 1996 and working as a senior engineer for the last fifteen years. I have watched three decades of technology arrive, get called the future, and disappear. This is an animated channel about what that actually teaches you — and how to get there faster than I did.
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What the episodes cover
The Senior Gap
The specific behaviours that separate mid-level from senior. Case studies, not adjectives — what one engineer did, what the other did, and what happened next.
War Stories
Real incidents, real projects, real failures. The bug that took three weeks. The architectures I regret. Told properly.
Career Mechanics
Promotion, scope, estimation, interviews, and staying employable in an industry that is convinced everyone worth hiring is twenty-five.