Interviews

The people behind Sydney software.

Long-form conversations about career paths, hard-won lessons, and what it's actually like to build here.
20 June 2026 · Sydney Tech Hub

From UTS to platform lead — building software in Sydney

Tishan David · Senior Platform Engineer & MCP author

Tishan on a Sydney career arc from UTS to platform lead, why he self-hosts everything, and where the Model Context Protocol fits.

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30 May 2026 · Fishburners, Sydney

Going from bootcamp to backend at a Sydney fintech

Maya Okafor · Backend Engineer (placeholder profile)

A career-changer on breaking into Sydney's fintech scene, the gap bootcamps don't cover, and learning to love Postgres.

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