Focused

6: The Shawshank Redemption, with Shahid Kamal Ahmad

Oct 4, 2016

48:20

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Is It Possible to Change Your Work?

02:18

The Biggest Surprising Thing About Being an Independent Worker

01:40

How Did You Manage to Extricate Yourself From the Club?

05:46

Introduction

4min

How Do You Dislodge Yourself?

6min

How Did You Get Into Programming?

3min

How Did You Manage to Extricate Yourself From the Club?

6min

You Just Jumped. You Don't Have a Contract in Place

3min

Equal Experts - A Different Type of Consultant

3min

How Do You Use Your Garden Shed?

3min

What's Your Normal Routine?

6min

How Much Time Do You Spend With Other People?

5min

10.

I'm on a Holiday, and I've Been a Bit Guilty of Overworking.

2min

11.

Is It Possible to Change Your Work?

2min

12.

The Biggest Surprising Thing About Being an Independent Worker

2min

13.

The Single Most Difficult Thing You've Had to Deal With Since You Go Independent?

4min

PlayStation veteran Shahid Kamal Ahmad left Sony to become an independent game developer. We discuss why he left and how he schedules his workday in his garden shed, the ShaShed.

This episode of Focused is sponsored by:

Equal Experts: A diverse network of experienced software consultants, specialising in agile delivery

Guest Starring:

Shahid Kamal Ahmad

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Deep Focus: Extended episodes with bonus deep dive content.

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Focused

6: The Shawshank Redemption, with Shahid Kamal Ahmad

Is It Possible to Change Your Work?

The Biggest Surprising Thing About Being an Independent Worker

How Did You Manage to Extricate Yourself From the Club?

This episode of Focused is sponsored by:

Guest Starring:

Links and Show Notes:

Deep Focus: Extended episodes with bonus deep dive content.

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