https://blog.maceage.com/categories/career/Recent content in Career on Maceage's BlogHugoen-au© Graham MaceTue, 10 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +1100https://blog.maceage.com/posts/2026/managing-workload-as-solo-contributor/Tue, 10 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +1100https://blog.maceage.com/posts/2026/managing-workload-as-solo-contributor/<p><small><i>(Originally drafted in September 2019 during my tenure at Xero. Republished here in November 2026 with updated context and removed proprietary references)</i></small></p> <blockquote> <p>&ldquo;Work smarter, not harder&rdquo; - Allan F. Mogensen</p> </blockquote> <p>When I moved <a href="https://blog.maceage.com/posts/2026/the-myth-of-the-software-architect/">from a Developer role into architecture</a>, one of the things I hadn&rsquo;t anticipated losing was my sense of progress. As a Developer, I had a constant stream of metrics telling me what I&rsquo;d achieved: lines of code, JIRA tickets closed, pull requests merged, bugs fixed, features shipped.</p>https://blog.maceage.com/posts/2026/the-myth-of-the-software-architect/Thu, 05 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +1100https://blog.maceage.com/posts/2026/the-myth-of-the-software-architect/<p><small><i>(Originally drafted in January 2019 during my tenure at Xero. Republished here in November 2026 with updated context and removed proprietary references)</i></small></p> <blockquote> <p>&ldquo;A true architect is not an artist but an optimistic realist. They take a diverse number of stakeholders, extract needs, concerns, and dreams, then create a beautiful yet tangible solution that is loved by the users and the community at large. We create vessels in which life happens&rdquo; – Cameron Sinclair</p> </blockquote>