The constant pursuit for learning
Day two of the Scrum Gathering South Africa 2016 conference is about to begin. My role at work is “Software Engineer”, which at the basic level can be seen as someone who solves problems and translates...
View ArticleTashinga Mutakwa
On the 14th of January in 1992, I was a few months from my 3rd birthday. On this day my parents blessed me with a younger brother. They named him Tashinga Gerald Mutakwa. Life was never the same after...
View ArticleRun Your Own Race
Today is my 28th birthday. I have always found writing to be a great way to leave a snapshot of my thoughts at any point in time. Given that a birthday is a great reflection point I thought I could...
View ArticleGreat Things Start Small
Today is my 29th birthday. I have always found writing to be a great way to leave a snapshot of my thoughts at any point in time. Given that a birthday is a great reflection point I have decided to...
View ArticleTackling My 1st Comrades Marathon
On Sunday 10th of June 2018 I completed my first ever Comrades Marathon. In a time of 9 hours 33 minutes. There is no better feeling than crossing that finish line. Six months of training had come to...
View ArticleOnboarding for software engineers
On Friday 8th of February 2019 I delivered a talk at the RubyFuza Conference in Cape Town. Rubyfuza is the longest run Ruby conference in South Africa. The conference is mostly attended by software...
View ArticleThirty: The journey continues
I remember the day clearly, 4th of February 2008, my student visa finally came out after a long wait of over two months. A few hours after collecting the visa I was on a flight to Johannesburg, South...
View ArticleLeaving Prodigy Finance
I started at Prodigy Finance as a Software Engineer in January 2015. When I started there were a total of 28 employees across the whole company and we had funded 1875 students in total. Today as I...
View ArticleStarting as VP of Engineering at Names & Faces
I’m excited to announce that I will be taking on the VP of Engineering role at Names & Faces starting today. Names & Faces aims to offer any growing company a simple and fast directory of...
View ArticleTech Leadership Meetup Cape Town
Along with Benny Ou and Ruberto Paulo, I am excited to share that we will be starting a tech leadership meetup in Cape Town. The idea is to build a community of longtime, new, and aspiring technology...
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