- What is your role at EXP?
Senior Developer – I look after the building of websites from front-end work and back-end work to deployment and ongoing maintenance.
- How would you describe yourself in three words?
Maybe “Caffeinated problem solver”
- What has been your favourite project that you have worked on at EXP?
Our own website was a fun one to do, using a lot of the latest tech, but if I can’t say that I’d probably go with something like Kingswood Homes. It had a good mix of front-end and bespoke API integration work.
- What’s one thing you’ve learned at EXP that will stay with you throughout your career?
I think just to persist. Moving into this role where I have oversight of the whole dev process presents increased challenges and hurdles, but there’s rarely ever just one way to reach a solution. Either that or that Tom has a Blue Peter badge.
- What is the best piece of advice you’ve ever received?
Even though it’s a developer meme, not deploying anything on a Friday afternoon is a classic.
- How do you stay creatively inspired in your work?
Just by trying to stay up to date. It’s maybe easier to do than in other industries because of the nature of open source. Things are constantly changing, so you are exposed to a lot of new stuff all the time.
- If you could ignite change in one area of the industry, what would it be and why?
Probably speed up the standardisation of email HTML. It’s 2025, we don’t need to still be using tables.
- What’s one thing people might not know about you?
I like rap music, despite all the heavy metal T-Shirts.
- What is, in your opinion, the ultimate work snack?
Something like a mini Colin the Caterpillar.
- If you could swap lives with any fictional character for a day, who would it be, and why?
Maybe the villager from Animal Crossing. To live on an island without a care in a world and to be able to catch a fish and sell it for 10 grand.
