Uncovering the path of
my software engineer career journey
My software engineer career journey didn’t start with code or a Computer Science degree. It actually began with a lost eighteen-year-old girl trying to find her way. After a brief detour through architecture, I ended up getting my degree in Industrial Electronics and Automation Engineering.
Over the last 11 years, I’ve worked across various technical roles, and this space is the result of finally realising that not following a linear path doesn’t make me a fraud. Those foundational years in electronics taught me to see the world as a series of connected systems, and I’ve spent that time uncovering software engineering lessons worth sharing.
This is the page I would have loved to read when I was starting out: a bit of self-realisation from a woman in her mid-thirties who knows she has plenty to give, even if there will always be an infinite path of learning ahead.
Hi, I’m Sílvia
Born and raised near Barcelona, I moved to the UK in 2014, arriving on the back of a motorbike, just after finishing my degree in Industrial Electronics and Automation (a mouthful, I know). I’ve called Basildon, Essex, home ever since.
After 11 years in various technical roles, I’ve learned that the hardest problems aren’t technical; they’re human, organisational, and slow to reveal themselves. This is where I share the software engineering lessons I’ve gathered along the way. The kind that are usually learned quietly, late, and alone.
If you’re navigating technology, career growth, or decisions that don’t have clean answers, I hope you’ll recognise yourself here.
When I’m not at my desk, you’ll find me salsa dancing, sewing, or brewing a pot of tea. I’m a fan of healthy cooking and am currently exploring the world of clean living.
Right now I am…
- Reading: The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying, by Marie Kondo
- Listening to: La Perla, by Rosalía
- Sewing: A laptop case with a really fancy CSS-inspired fabric
- Brewing: Snowball tea, by Bird & Blend
What can you expect to find here?
Long-form pieces where I think slowly and deliberately about how things fit together. These posts follow a line of thought from question to insight, without rushing to conclusions.
Shorter, more provisional writing grounded in trying, observing, and adjusting. This is where ideas are tested in the real world and left intentionally unfinished.
Thoughtful takes on software, systems, and engineering as lived practice. The focus is less on tools and more on how technical choices shape people, work, and understanding.
Writing style
This is a space for you to pause, breathe, have a cup of tea and read on the realisation that imposter syndrome is just this, a syndrome, a concept made up to try to put into words that feeling we have when we feel we are “not good enough”, “not technical enough”, or we “don’t have enough experience”.
Take a sip of tea. I’m here to tell you that, if you’ve come out of your way and the universe has shown you my blog, then you probably are enough. (And I’m telling this to YOU as well as myself. I still need reminders every now and then). A software engineer career journey begins with one step… 🙂
In this site, you will find…
- Slow, reflective explorations
- Learnings from thoughtful, real-life experiments
- The parallelisms between software, systems and life
- Reflections and lessons learned through living
What you will NOT find here
- Quick tips or hacks
- Absolute answers
- Technical discussions only applicable to a technical field
This is a live site.
Whenever you are ready, come back for more, or find me on LinkedIn.
Last Updated: February 2026