Andrew Woods

I have been working in software for 20 years, with the past 7 of those years in Management. The majority of my experience is in mobile application development and leading consumer-facing teams.

I am passionate about software professionalism and the role we all play in building a professional industry.
I have hosted a podcast in the past on the topic of professionalism, titled The Rules for Software Development, which can be found in the usual places.
I have also written a book on the same topic, Rules for Software Development, which you can find on Amazon.

I have led teams of varying sizes, from 3 to 21 people. I have grown careers of people with different skill sets, including mobile app engineers in Java/Kotlin/Swift, front-end engineers with React, Backend engineers in Java/C#, Quality Engineers, and SRE/Release engineers.
Often a person's career growth is not about technology but about becoming an engineer of software and a people leader.
I have assisted in the growth of junior engineers to higher levels and of senior engineers to principal levels.

I am a certified Agile coach with an understanding of how to develop and iteratively improve a team's effectiveness and efficiency.
I am also a certified life coach with an understanding of how to assist someone to achieve their goals.