I've repaired mechanical watches and vintage cameras for two decades. Ask Me Anything!

Valeria López · 13 likes

What is a common myth or piece of popular advice in your field that you completely disagree with?

Yasmine El Amrani · 11 likes

What's the strangest or funniest situation you've found yourself in during your career?

Zeynep Demir · 10 likes

anecdote beats theory here

Sophie Gagnon · 4 likes

Which tools or resources do you consider absolutely indispensable to your craft?

Silver River · 12 likes

Thanks for making it less intimidating

Haruto Sato · 6 likes

Early on, I accidentally deleted a staging database right before a demo. It forced us to write automated idempotent recovery scripts that ended up saving our production cluster months later!

Grace Parker · 1 likes

The Tuesday test is undefeated

Amelia Hughes · 3 likes

what was the single hardest hurdle you faced in the early days, and how did you push past it? For me it came down to the conversation

Kabir Khan · 1 likes

that surprised me too! Outsiders assume it's glamorous and high-tech, but 90% of the daily grind is communication, documentation, and making sure everyone is aligned on the simple goal

Omar Hassan · 1 likes

What advice do you have for someone wanting to transition into this field from a completely unrelated background?

João Pereira · 1 likes

What surprised you the most about the industry that outsiders rarely get to see?

Zeynep Demir · 0 likes

What does your daily routine look like when your in the deep work phase?

Lucas Silva · 1 likes

My favorite tool is surprisingly low-tech: a physical paper notebook and a simple plain-text editor. The lower the friction to capture thoughts, the higher the odds they turn into real output

Pixel Fern · 0 likes

If you were starting over today from zero, what would your first 30 days look like? I would love to see a follow-up after 6 weeks