My personal site where I blog about technology leadership and CTO/VP Eng experiences.

Remote: Open to remote or hybrid

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: Node.js, TypeScript, AWS, React, React Native

Resume: https://linkedin.com/in/andismith

I’m a product engineering leader who has built teams for start ups and scale ups looking for a new opportunity. I’ve previously worked with brands such as MINI, Heineken, Nike, Facebook and Formula 1.

I am looking for a Director of, VP, Engineering or CTO role. Thanks

I wouldn't be surprised if Azure DevOps still pops up in random places for decades to come or if they decide to "unify" the two products without changing the underlying codebases (like OneDrive for business actually using Sharepoint under the hood).

Unlike Google, Microsoft seems to commit to legacy software to a fault. As long as there are enterprises paying good money for support, it'll probably not go away completely.

EDIT: Microsoft only stopped licensing OEM Windows for Workgroups 3.11 in 2008 (15 years after the first release of WfW 3.11). Apparently it was still being used by some embedded device manufacturers: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/archive/blogs/jcoyne/its-th...

Lifeworks is a fast-growing total well-being company providing employee wellness services to companies such as Burberry, Expedia, Intel, Santander and WorldPay. We’re a mid-sized team of engineers building products to aid employee assistance, physical wellness and provide rewards and recognition.

Current Tech:

- React and Redux - HTML5, SCSS Modules, ES6 - Jest for testing - Webpack - Integrating with a mix of Serverless and PHP micro-services

If you are interested, please send an email to andrew.smith@lifeworks.com with your resume and Github link.