Here is a list of boardgames in the office and how to play guides. Access Sam’s full list of games here, and the other half’s collection here. Arboretum Azul Bears Vs Babies Carcassone Cat Lady Cat Tower Codenames Ticket to ride
Engineer in Test job hunting update
Wow, I haven’t written a blog post for a while. I finished up a 3 month contract in February and was experiencing a sense of burn out. It’s taken me 2 months to recover some sense of sanity. I’d like to take a longer break but I recently got a tax bill for my companies… Continue reading Engineer in Test job hunting update
Public Speaking – notes
Here are notes and further reading for the Public Speaking skills workshop. Miro board link Complicated diagram walkthrough Sample code slides Technical presentations blog Sketchnoting Human Cognition most people don’t read (it takes too much energy). Reference: Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman: Gestalt Principles How to look good on video calls Testing out… Continue reading Public Speaking – notes
BugHunterSam – update
It’s been 3 months since my last business update. So let’s spend some time reflecting on what’s happened. Moving on from a client It was only recently that I renogiated a new day rate with my existing client and I switched over to the mobile team. A few weeks after this happened the client decided… Continue reading BugHunterSam – update
My career growth
This blog is a reflecton on my career growth overtime and how I got here. Obviously my experiences are unique to me but if you are just starting out in your tech career or considering this career path you might enjoy reading this post. Where am I at now? I’m considered a senior mobile test… Continue reading My career growth
Maximising superannuation contributions
Now that I’ve paid off my credit card debt (Woo this feels awesome and is a huge relief), I’m now working on my next financial goal: Maximise concessional contributions into super This is not personal financial advice, this is a walkthrough of my next financial goal. Why this goal? It is the most tax effective… Continue reading Maximising superannuation contributions
Building wealth
I recently tweeted there are 2 ways to grow wealth and work toward financial independence. That is spend less and earn more. Now before you jump in and say, “3 – invest”, I view investing as part of earning more money. This blog post will go into more detail of how I do stuff under… Continue reading Building wealth
The $5 per day food challenge
When budgeting the topic of how much people spend on food often comes up. I saw someone post they had $40 to last them a week until pay day and they were asking for recipes that help stretch the budget. This is how I’d stretch a $5 per day budget for food over 2 weeks… Continue reading The $5 per day food challenge
Performance testing API’s with async/awaits
I’ve got this serverless cloud function, you can read about how I built it here. Today’s blog is how I’d go about performance testing this API using async/awaits in Typescript. The API helper class Here is the GET API function: The performance test Here’s the performance test function, it spins up 10 concurrent instances to… Continue reading Performance testing API’s with async/awaits
In defense of the retail super fund
Disclaimer; I use to work for CFS, consider me biased. Retail super funds have received a pretty bad wrap (tehe wrap). From under performing to charging excessive fees (here’s an article of BT charging high fee’s). So what have I got to say in their defense? Low cost index based investing is an option It… Continue reading In defense of the retail super fund