I spend the majority of my time helping people get the best out of themselves. I call myself a recovering manager, because it's a constant reminder to quell any pointy-haired-boss behaviour.

As founder of the Codemania software conference (now in its sixth year) and VP of Engineering at Vend, my goal is to empower coders to learn and collaborate so that they can unlock their talent. It's dumb to call that "management".