Thank you FCA Association and all the wonderful people involved in creating it! It was and is a fantastic experience of building a community from ground up. One I would not exchange for anything else.
Author: Gustaw Fit
An experienced engineer and manager. Worked in multiple industries in various sized enterprises. A strong believer that software is actually Peopleware. A software developer at heart, and also worked as a QA engineer, test manager, project manager, delivery manager and more.
I have managed teams and organizations of up to 40 people and budgets of 5mln dollars. I truly believe in DORA metrics and engineering efficiency. I am an active coder, with some playground projects in: https://github.com/fitg?tab=repositories.
More about my managerial style in: https://managerreadme.com/readme/fitgustaw.
On the personal side - a fan of magic the gathering, board games, role-playing games, psychology, real evidence-based science, books worth to read, European comics ... aaaand football (I am an active player still and support my home team of Pogon Szczecin). Happily married with a child. Owned by 3 cats and a dog.
Currently working at Zoopla.co.uk, re-imagining the property market, aiming to build the best information technology practices and services.
This blog has some of my creative thinking, some rambling and some coding.
Managerial learning highlights week#10 2023
Flexibility comes from having multiple choices; wisdom comes from having multiple perspectives. Vital for a good leader. It is much less likely for one person to see all the options and to have experienced multiple perspectives.
Managerial learning highlights week#8 2023
It’s not only you, external factors also play a role. Many leaders suffer from depression and guilt from perceived mistakes or not planning for each and every bad scenario. I am still learning that life is full of surprises and it is as much about what I expect of the world, as it is what the world offers and expects of me.
Gustaw Fit 