Engineer and playwright wannabe... or not to be?

Hi! I am James, a software engineer in London, United Kingdom. I studied Computer Science at Imperial College London and worked for the British Government, Amazon and JP.Morgan. My favourite things involve travelling, coding, socialising and writing threatre plays.

The end-of-year State of Play

Quite literally, where are we at with this “play”? As the year draws to a close, I want to explore what has been and what will be. It’s been a while since I wrote an update on Medium. This is because I’ve been writing and coding and writing and coding on all sorts of other means. But all this work

The most difficult English poem

The Chaos — English’s most gruelling verses read by me. I have always been incredibly fascinated by phonetics and pronunciation. A few years ago I set myself to learn all the IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) sounds for the English language, and in doing so, I stumbled across a poem by the Dutc

The five things I want to be.

This is the first article I write about a personal topic such as my long term goals —and I mean long— term. It’s very much a “Dear Diary,” kind of post. I have the intention to sketch a simple outline of my mindset and my objectives the way they stand in my early twenties. I’ve been known for alway

Work

  1. Role
    Software Engineer III
    Company
    JP.Morgan
    Date
  2. Role
    Software Engineer
    Company
    Amazon
    Date
  3. Role
    Full-Stack Developer
    Company
    10 Downing Street
    Date
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Education

  1. University
    Imperial College London
    Subject
    MEng Computing (1st)
    Date
  2. School
    St. David’s College, Cardiff
    Subject
    A-Levels (A*AA)
    Date
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