The Long View
Things only visible across decades. Which hype cycles repeat, what survived, and what keeps coming back wearing a new name.
Since 1996
Thirty Years In
No degree. No bootcamp. Thirty years of writing software for a living.
I dropped out of high school. I have been writing production code since 1996 and working as a senior engineer for the last fifteen years. No degree, no bootcamp, no certificate — just thirty years of watching technology arrive, get called the future, and disappear. This is an animated channel about what that actually teaches you, and how to get there faster than I did.
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What the episodes cover
The Senior Gap
The specific behaviours that separate mid-level from senior. Case studies, not adjectives — what one engineer did, what the other did, and what happened next.
War Stories
Real incidents, real projects, real failures. The bug that took three weeks. The architectures I regret. Told properly.
Career Mechanics
Promotion, scope, estimation, interviews, and staying employable in an industry that is convinced everyone worth hiring is twenty-five.