% Personal statement \begin{rubric}{Personal Statement} \text{ I'm software engineer of 8 years with a passion for delivering business result though software. Often utilizing test-first, iterative development. There's a lot of waste in our industry and we need to become better at building the right thing, and delivering it faster. Iterative development alongside techniques such as TDD, pair-programming can often unlock a lot of value, yet teams have struggled to implement this properly due to alack of support regarding deployment pipelines and infrastructure; a lack of experience with the test first approach and communication gaps. Perhaps this sounds like a familar experience in your company? } \end{rubric}