The lost years of a young software engineer

No one leaves university with the goal of contracting for the rest of their working life, and yet, that is exactly what happened

I’m Autistic, But Not As You Imagine

The story of Frank Ray, a self-employed software engineer who was…

Creating a company in the midst of chaos

How a family crisis and terrible job market repositioned my…

The journey to becoming an open-source developer

Rediscovering the love of software development as…

Being a generalist sucks

Clients don’t understand the value they get from hiring a generalist who can…

Being neurodivergent versus disabled

There seems to be a polarising divide between identifying as neurodivergent and using the term…

Cutting ties with a paying client

The courage to walk away from a difficult commercial relationship…

Autism diagnosis at age 44

Reflections on a lifetime of seeing myself the same as everyone else.

A narrow view of the world

Seeing things in a fairly black-and-white way can cause problems

My reasons for creating a consultancy

Ambitions bigger than maximising profit and reducing tax.