Hello, I’m Richard. I’m a software engineer turned writer. Having spent thirty years in the corporate trenches, I explore the human relationship with software systems. I focus on the people – not just developers or those in operations, but architects and managers, from those who hire us to those who organise us. I explore how humans win, thrive, and fail under the unique stresses and strains of the software industry.
Over time, my writing on this blog and in the archive has shifted. What began as discussions about software, systems, and work has grown into a deeper interest in stories, imagination, human inner worlds and literature.
Technical posts remain here as part of that journey and new ones may appear from time to time.
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BETH works for an American logistics company based in the UK. When a new executive, CHRISSIE, arrives to carry out a savage restructuring, they both get more than they’ve bargained for.
HUMAN SOFTWARE is a novel about ambition, betrayal and how to cope with change. When engineers have to keep systems running, companies can take advantage of our good nature and desire to go the extra mile.
“Absolutely gripping! A must-read” LOVDEEP PANNU, CTO at Epicenter
“Could not be more of the moment. A proper page turner, part thriller, part whodunnit and a fine dystopian parable” CHARLES HUMBLE, Tech consultant & Journalist at Conissaunce
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