🧑💻 About Me
What I’m Working On
- 🎬 On my YouTube channel, I make videos about software development and entrepreneurship and the skills you need to be successful as a software developer. Check out my latest videos.
- ✍🏻 On this website I write about software development, personal development and entrepreneurship, as well summaries of the books I have read and the tech I use the most.
- 💌 I write a weekly email newsletter called The Curious Engineer, where I share my insights as an engineer turned entrepreneur and the lessons I am learning along the way.
More Info
I first learnt how to code when I was 8 years old 👦, with a Windows 3.1 computer 💾 that my Dad had brought home from work and saved from the scrap heap.
I always wanted to be an inventor when I was younger and with programming, I found I could invent whatever I wanted with just my imagination and the computer.
This was back in 1995 before the internet was mainstream so I had to learn everything from an old book.
I started by learning BASIC but then moved on to creating desktop applications with Visual Basic 6. I learnt web development when I was 11 and started creating websites and uploading them using FTP to a free web server.
I continued creating websites throughout my teenage years before going off to University and studying Physics 👨🔬. At university, I got experience with C and Fortran through my computational physics modules but by this point, I had already self-taught myself programming.
The summer after graduating I got my first job as a software developer and over the last 12 years I have worked my way up from Graduate Developer, Senior Developer to Engineering Manager and learnt how to build products that scale.
In 2022, after 12 years as a professional software developer, I wasn’t feeling fulfilled. I wanted to spend my time having more of an impact on society by teaching what I know and helping others become great developers. So I quit my job and the cushy 6 figure salary that goes with it to help people on their development journey.
Get In Touch
- 🐦 Twitter - If you want to ask me a question you can contact me @alexhyettdev.
- 🏞 Instagram - For a behind-the-scenes look at my life as a software developer as well as some helpful tips you can find me on Instagram also @alexhyettdev
- 📧 Email - For longer questions or business enquiries you can email me (hi@alexhyett.com). I read all my emails but unfortunately, there isn’t enough time in the day to respond to all of them.