In this week's episode of my life in tech, we talk with Stephen Musoke about his fond love for PHP and his paradigm shift towards Javascripts. We speak about the Open Source business model(OpenMRS), and lessons from writing code for over a decade. He treats Software Development as a craft and gives his best advice to young devs and why it's important you have to focus on the problem at hand. Get to know the kindest thing someone has done to him in the past 2 decades being in the tech industry. The idea of software best practices and why mentorship is important when starting out. Enjoy this conversation with Stephen Musoke.

Show Notes:

1. The Genesis of your life in tech, how did you fall in love with tech?

2. Lessons from writing code for over a decade.

3. Open Source Projects(OpenMRS) vs Enterprise Led solutions like Rocket health.

4. The future of Software Development after COVID.

5. The kindest thing anyone has done for you.

6. Best advice you have received starting out in code.

7. Any advice to a young person getting started in software.

8. The Landscape of the tech industry in Uganda, POV, what do you think needs to change, the challenges available, what can the gov’t do in terms of policy frameworks.