I’m in a super inspiring Cajigo 100 Women in Tech Power Hour meeting right now and listening to the very inspiring Jeniffer Ramnath talk about her career journey to being a Technology and Transformation Executive. I’m especially struck by her account of learning ‘on the job’ in many roles; this resonates a LOT with me […]
On Learning Curves, and Getting Back on Track in Surprising Ways Read More »
Cajigo, General, learningOn this last day of 2025, the year I moved into tech, I’m thinking intently about the experience of being a human amongst all this new technical knowledge. The tech landscape and the facets of that that matter most to me – data, responsibility, safety – are as dynamic and urgent as I suspected they
My Year in Tech/Humanity Read More »
Books, General, ProjectsMy new home office is nearly set up! I haven’t had my own room to work in since I was a student and the memories that it’s bringing back have got me thinking about how I think. My personality and passions are becoming externalised again: in Legos, pretty rocks, collectible figures and other knick-knacks put
A Room of Ones Own/Clean Code: Bookish thoughts about workspace, effort and craft. Read More »
Books, GeneralWhen I first registered this domain name in March this year, I had left my previous job as a university academic less than 2 months earlier and I was days away from starting my Northcoders bootcamp in Data Engineering. This was a huge change on a number of fronts. I’d been an academic, a lecturer
What I mean when I say ‘humanist’. Read More »
GeneralIf you’re reading this, it’s because I remembered to delete all the ‘testing, testing’ posts before launching my site. Yay. I’m Leanne, and I am many things – an avid reader, an author, a former teacher and academic, a mother, and currently a freelance software developer/engineer. I’ve spent the last year learning to be a