Recruitment rules:No messages asking for a call, my email address, a coffee, a chinwag or whatever you want to schedule with me. (unless you're offering to also pay for my time at said activity)I'm more than happy to receive messages about job posts and roles, otherwise be very selective as most other messages will be marked as spam.When messaging me about a job post or a relevant role you are trying to fill, provide the following information, otherwise messages will just be marked as spam 🙏👍Company NameCompany BlurbJob TitleJob DescriptionSalary (or salary range)About John:John's been working in software engineering since 2013, from load testing Magento stores for Black Friday, to building VAS systems, to working on civic tech.John has been around the block from an industry point of view.He has significant experience working as an SRE doing "DevOps" work, building scaleable PHP (Laravel) applications, as well as touching on Vue and React on the front-end.This wide net of exposure has caused John to have an outstanding holisic view of most modern tech stacks which shows itself in the advisory roles John has taken on.John has worked extensively as a high level technical advisor, both in the role of being a CTO, as well as advising both CTO's and also Lead Developers and teams.Being able to take a step back, architect a high level plan, and then zoom into the specifics and give insights on the granular level has been of enourmous value to his clients.One of his biggest fortes, apart from buidling scaleable code, is his architectural design abilities. Future proofing systems for several years in advance by making small changes to the design has helped dramatically reduce ongoing development costs as the systems seldom need rewrites for adding additional functionality.John is a firm believer in the spirit of Ubuntu and OSS. This is clearly shown by his deep involvement in local networks & communities and training up other developers. From freely giving advice on ZATech to OpenSourcing a lot of work.