John Catterfeld

Director of Engineering at @OpenTable and @OpenTableTechUK. Father of daughters. Still plodding on with

[John Catterfeld @jcatterfeld]

@paulsharrington Fantastic, they're lucky to have you, you won't need luck!

[Paul Harrington @paulsharrington]

Hi everyone. Sharing my post from LinkedIn on here as well as I’m looking for a new contract VP Engineering role - starting immediately.

Please RT and share as widely as you can, I’m very keen to get stuck into something new. Thanks.

https://t.co/mC4s2xjaz2

[Tim Johns @timoncheese]

Stunning and devastating opening from Newsnight tonight.
Harsh, yes. Media students (and current broadcast journalists!) take note: your edit is nothing without the right choice of music. And oh boy this is quite the choice.

[Andrew Steele @statto]

‘2022 UK Government crisis’ now needs disambiguating on Wikipedia.

[Jonathan Pie @JonathanPieNews]

Beautifully executed website. With a horrifying message.

Scroll right to understand the scale of this Trussterfuck.

https://t.co/eGiuSbNIK4

[John Catterfeld @jcatterfeld]

@mkramer Growing up in the UK in the 80s it seemed like there was something catastrophic every year. Challenger of course but also Piper Alpha, Herald of Free Enterprise, King's Cross fire, Lockerbie, Hungerford and Hillsborough were formative memories 💔

[Jeremy Clarkson @JeremyClarkson]

I’m thrilled to announce that you now have a chance to try the amazing food we grow and rear on my farm at the brand new (but quite rustic) Diddly Squat Restaurant. You can’t just turn up I’m afraid, but you can make a booking by following the link https://t.co/xZOWAjqkxq

[John Catterfeld @jcatterfeld]

@threadreaderapp unroll please

[Charity Majors @mipsytipsy]

Interviewing and hiring managers is really hard.

It’s hard for all the reasons that interviewing and hiring engineers is hard, times 10. It’s easy to give answers that sound decent; it’s harder to evaluate their judgment or dexterity in applying an answer to a situation.

[John Catterfeld @jcatterfeld]

@threadreaderapp unroll please

[Charity Majors @mipsytipsy]

We are hiring a director of platform engineering at honeycomb: https://t.co/cK8GVYnPjh.

Because of this, I've chatted with a few managers who have been trying unsuccessfully to advance to the director role. Here is the advice I've had for them; I'd love to hear yours.

[John Catterfeld @jcatterfeld]

@GergelyOrosz Reads like a typo in this sentence Gergely: "10% need to be above average, and 20% need to be above average."

[John Catterfeld @jcatterfeld]

@operri80 @DPD_UK_Drivers @DPDgroup_news I suspect this individual driver will be reprimanded (hopefully not sacked) but the real issue is likely a corporate culture of fast turnaround at all costs, motivating the staff to cut corners like this 🙁

[Daisy Cooper MP 🔶 @libdemdaisy]

THANK YOU to all our #StAlbans Posties who are delivering hundreds of COVID test kits on top of the usual massive increase in mail and parcels that Christmas brings - we’re all very grateful! 📦🎄 📮 👏 👏 👏 pls RT!

[Giles Paley-Phillips @eliistender10]

This really isn't much to ask of us to keep one another safe.

[John Catterfeld @jcatterfeld]

@simonw 46 unlucky people "kil'd by several accidents". 😩

[John Catterfeld @jcatterfeld]

The only time you'll see me tweet about Black Friday is to share articles like this 🖤 https://t.co/abWT9AXwcW

[John Catterfeld @jcatterfeld]

@easyJet Thanks, I will check. Can I confirm though that you're saying a government website supercedes guidelines on your own site?

[John Catterfeld @jcatterfeld]

@easyJet Hi, I want to travel from UK to Portugal on my British passport. On the day I return my passport will have 4.5 months left. UK govt website says I need 3 months on passport and easyjet advice seems to be 6 months. What's correct?

https://t.co/2c7XJXXjmU

[Paul Harrington @paulsharrington]

Hi everyone, I have had some space free up in my working week and I'm available immediately to pick up a new additional contract - part-time, working 1 or 2 days a week.

[John Catterfeld @jcatterfeld]

@paulsharrington @DemiLavato Was it a birthday shout out? Hope you have a great weekend 🎂🎈

[John Catterfeld @jcatterfeld]

@SoVeryBritish If and when it breaks you shall loudly exclaim Arse Burger! 🍑🍔