I often host panels or speak at events. I also host and run the Hey! Presents events and the All Day Hey! conference, and co-host a podcast called Off Script with my friend James.
Upcoming
- The Reality of AI in Software Engineering Leadership (25th September, 2025)
Off Script
- #53: The power of pen and paper (15th August, 2025)
- #52: Unlocking team potential with user manuals (1st August, 2025)
- #51: Is Test Driven Development actually better now we have AI? (15th July, 2025)
- #50: The new age of tech job interviews and how to conquer them (23rd June, 2025)
- #49: Navigating the AI discourse — Why can’t we talk properly about AI? (16th June, 2025)
- #48: AI interoperability and MCP (2nd June, 2025)
- #47: Behind the scenes of running a tech conference (1st April, 2025)
- #46: How to plan and run a discovery workshop (24th March, 2025)
- #45: 2024 developer round-up (9th January, 2025)
- #44: Future of software engineering leadership - Part 2 (11th December, 2024)
- #43: Future of software engineering leadership - Part 1 (3rd December, 2024)
- #42: Imperfect innovation (28th August, 2024)
- #41: WWDC 2024 round-up (26th July, 2024)
- #40: Shifting security left (27th March, 2024)
- #39: The beauty of side projects (28th February, 2024)
- #38: AI risks (9th February, 2024)
- #37: 2023 developer round-up (22nd December, 2023)
- #36: Tech leadership misconceptions (11th December, 2023)
- #35: Understanding emotional states (1st December, 2023)
- #34: Building communities (16th November, 2023)
- #33: AI ethics (11th September, 2023)
- #32: Static site generators (21st August, 2023)
- #31: Blockchain (21st July, 2023)
- #30: WWDC 2023 round-up (14th June, 2023)
- #29: The future of large language models (11th May, 2023)
- #28: Tech misconceptions (21st April, 2023)
- #27: Engineering culture (24th March, 2023)
- #26: 2022 developer round-up (28th December, 2022)
- #25: AWS re:Invent 2022 round-up (22nd December, 2022)
- #24: The evolution of GPT and ChatGPT (15th December, 2022)
- #23: GPT-3 and the future of AI (5th December, 2022)
- #22: ffconf 2022 round up (21st November, 2022)
- #21: Modern API design (10th October, 2022)
- #20: Beyond Tellerrand Berlin 2022 round up (26th September, 2022)
- #19: Why you should use React Native (29th July, 2022)
- #18: Internet of Things (29th June, 2022)
- #17: All Day Hey! 2022 round-up (14th June, 2022)
- #16: SXSW recap (12th April, 2022)
- #15: Over-engineering (17th March, 2021)
- #14: What is the metaverse? (21st December, 2021)
- #13: 2021 developer round-up (28th January, 2022)
- #12: Productivity & Mental Health (29th November, 2021)
- #11: Leadership (8th November, 2021)
- #10: Software Estimation (20th October, 2021)
- #09: Application Performance (8th October, 2021)
- #08: Web Application Security (22nd September, 2021)
- #07: Career Progression (28th July, 2021)
- #06: Why the cyber security industry needs to hire more anthropologists (26th March, 2021)
- #05: Empathy at work (16th November, 2020)
- #04: It’s never too late to get into technology (23rd October, 2020)
- #03: Using the web for social good (9th July, 2020)
- #02: Running a conference (17th March, 2020)
- #01: Wasn’t The Web Better 10 Years Ago (9th December, 2019)
Past
- All Day Hey! 2025 (1st May, 2025)
- All Day Hey! 2024 (2nd May, 2024)
- No more excuses – exploring the real power of culture and ‘Getting Things Done’ (24th March, 2024)
- All Day Hey! 2023 (4th May, 2023)
- Another Idea: How creativity can be found anywhere (21st November, 2022)
- All Day Hey! 2022 (5th May, 2022)
- All Day Hey! 2021 (6th May, 2021)
- The Official CIO Summit 2021: IT Confronts Climate Change (14th September, 2021)
- Hey! Live: Why The Cyber Security Industry Needs to Hire More Anthropologists (18th March, 2021)
- Hey! Live: Empathy at work (10th November, 2020)
- Hey! Live: Using the web for social good (2nd July, 2020)
- All Day Hey! 2020 (7th May, 2020)
- Glug Leeds #20: Total Recall (26th November, 2019)
- An evening with Helen Sharman: Britain’s First Astronaut (30th August, 2019)
- She Does Hey! (22nd August, 2019)
- All Day Hey! 2019 (3rd May, 2019)
- Leeds Indie Food 2019 Launch (8th April, 2019)
- All Day Hey! 2018 (30th April, 2018)
- The Future of Digital Marketing panel (24th April, 2018)
- Leeds Indie Food 2018 Launch (10th April, 2018)
- Independent Food and Drink Academy forum (5th September, 2017)
- Independent Food and Drink Academy forum (25th April, 2017)
- All Day Hey! 2017 (24th April, 2017)
- Leeds Indie Food 2017 Launch (11th April, 2017)
- Glug Leeds #5: The Rise of the Programmer (28th April, 2016)
- Leeds Indie Food 2016 Launch (12th April, 2016)
- Process Management with Foreman (8th October, 2014)
Bio
Josh is a software engineer and technical leader based in the UK. He’s been working on the web for the last 20 years, and during that time, he’s worked with a wide range of companies, from indie start-ups to some of the largest organisations in the world. His work spans from hands-on projects building large platforms to leading some of the best-performing teams in our industry.
Alongside his work as a Chief Technology Officer and Consultant, he also runs an internationally recognised conference called All Day Hey!, which brings people from all over the world to the heart of Leeds to learn, inspire and share stories.
