Simon Stevens has worked at Manchester-based AppLearn since 2017.
Initally starting out as a Senior Developer at the fast-growing tech company, he was promoted to Software Architect more than two years ago.
AppLearn, which is a digital adoption company designed to support employees and businesses to navigate a myriad of applications, works with the likes of EY, hotel brand IHG and King’s College London.
He shared how a recent week in his life went…
Monday
Today I am working from home. My wife is an amazing gardener, and now that it’s the height of summer the flowers are in full bloom. I love to start my morning with a coffee in the garden, surrounded by colour and the buzzing of bees. Working from home gives me freedom to take my breaks in the garden throughout the day, and even the occasional meeting, and I cherish that. I’ll be at my desk by 8.30, where I’ll review this week’s tasks and map out my week. My first task of the week is more planning!
One of our engineering teams have been working on a new feature for a few weeks now. I join their planning meetings to help and provide context when features overlap with our longer-term roadmap for our platform. These meetings are always good fun and full of friendly debate. Their intensity can be exhausting, but I love the mental exercise and working with our talented engineers.
In the afternoon I have a quick catchup with a colleague who’s asked for some advice on personal objectives. We workshop some ideas that will give him the opportunity to develop his skills and help the wider engineering team. We both leave the meeting excited for what he comes up with. I love being able to help up and coming engineers, it’s so satisfying to watch them blossom. It’s great to see our team growing personally in parallel with the fast growth of the company.
