Hannah Byrne
Rewrote the ledger with Tom and handled three incidents. Offline at four, and on Tuesdays.
- Level
- Senior Engineer
- Tenure
- 5 years
The numbers
One quarter, from the dashboards, as they reach the room.
| Tickets closed | 36 |
|---|---|
| Pull requests merged | 28 |
| Incidents handled | 3 |
| Status active, hours a week | 28 |
| Meetings attended | 55% |
| Document comments | 16 |
| Posts in team channels | 40 |
| Direct messages sent | 120 |
Self-review#
I led the ledger rewrite with Tom, which shipped in March and removed the class of double-posting bugs that caused two of last year’s P1s. I was on the call for all three incidents this quarter and wrote the post-mortems. I closed 36 tickets and merged 28 pull requests. I work 8 to 4 and I am offline on Tuesdays, which is a caring arrangement agreed with the previous manager; it means I miss the 4 pm sync and most of the division meetings, and I read the notes instead. I would like the ledger rewrite to be the thing this quarter is judged on.
Peer feedback#
From Tom Okwuosa, nominated by Hannah. Hannah wrote the ledger. I did the storage half, she did the rest and the design, and she wrote all three post-mortems while the rest of us slept. She is the most senior engineer on this team in every sense except the one on the org chart.
From Marcus Bell, assigned. Hannah is never in the afternoon meetings and her status is grey by four. I am sure there is a reason. The ledger work seems significant. I have not seen much of her.
What the last manager left#
- Ledger rewrite done. Big. Renata does not know it happened.
- Misses the 4 pm sync. Agreed arrangement, carer. Be careful how you phrase this in the room.
- Three incidents, three post-mortems, all hers.
The announcement#
Subject: Ledger rewrite is live
From: Hannah Byrne
To: payments-teamThe ledger rewrite shipped this morning. Double-posting is no longer possible by construction. Thanks to Tom for the storage layer and to Grace for reviewing every one of the 28 pull requests. Post-mortems for the three incidents this quarter are linked below.
Sent to the team channel, not to the division.
Where they sit#
Reports to your line. Works 8 to 4, Monday, Wednesday to Friday, from Dublin. On the incident rota. Renata Vos has not met her.