Work life philosophy

What I do for a living

I am a Full Stack Developer and Software Engineer from Australia and living in Frankfurt am Main Germany.

Frankfurt, January 2020 — Frankfurt am Main, January 2020.

I work freelance mostly developing web apps but also produce and deliver technical training, often with a signficant inter-cultural component.

My current employment résumé.

Professional origins

My original academic study in politics, language and production of history literature triggered an interest in applying innovative new technologies and concepts to present research outcomes for consumption. I soon discovered a talent for programming and rapidly my passion for structural and functional systems development evolved in tandem with technological advancement and new media trends and information needs.

Tech experience

From the wealth of experience I have gained working in both large and small organisations in Australia and since 2002 in Germany and the UK, I recently started curating a bank of programming knowledge and information with some howtos and tutorials in a [techblog which can be accessed here]https://techblog.marcgreyling.com/).

My process

This framework broadly guides my work production process

Clear communication at all stages with regular feedback and check-ins
Effective teamwork
At the outset clear and concise documentation of the agreed requirements
Research and information gathering prior to commencement
Agreement on a concept and strategy with diagrammatic documentation of scenarios, data flows, and other infographic material
Wireframes and availability of prototypes at the earliest possible stages
Continuous documentation during software development
Strategy for support, bugfixes and training
Testing and bug fixing phase(s)
Product release and evaluation

End goal: achieving elegance

Style and efficient elegance, both in the outward appearance as well as the internal workings of an application, has always been my central guiding principle.