Hi, I’m David, a software developer based in Birmingham, UK.
After completing my PhD in 1998, I was employed as a software developer until 2003, when my then employer ceased trading. Taking this as an opportunity to become self-employed, I then began writing and marketing my own software.
From 2005 to 2021, I was unable to continue full-time work for family reasons, but continued working part-time from home as a freelance technical translator. During this period, I also worked on a number of hobby software projects (e.g. HORSE, CSGObot) and websites (e.g. lgmowerservices.co.uk) in order to maintain and update my software skills.
In 2021, I resumed my software career when I joined fresh produce ERP company Prophet PLC as a C++ software developer before moving on to work as a full stack and mobile app developer for my son’s startup software company.