Learnings, insights and community

Meet Tracy Mu Sung, a Sydney-based tech lead at Leonardo AI who builds backend systems by day and unwinds with art, gardening, and her dogs after hours. She’s all about community, balance, and doing work that matters.

Meet Inga Pflaumer, Head of Engineering at Relevance AI in Sydney—builder of resilient teams, advocate for meaningful AI products, and proud corgi wrangler when she’s not scaling processes or sneaking in some late-night coding.

Once you’re earning $200k+ as a developer, salary bumps don’t move the needle as much as you think. Steve explains what actually matters more at this level, and how tax and equity play into it.

Meet Joshua Crowley, an award-winning designer and educator based in Sydney, blending creativity, AI curiosity, and community spirit—when he’s not wrangling three kids or Donkey Kong.

Eilidh Quinn shares her inspiring journey from nonprofit program management to software engineering, blending technical skill with a deep commitment to people-first design, inclusion, and thoughtful career pivots.

Kris Howard shares her journey from developer to AWS DevRel leader, what she’s learned about management and community, and how stepping back from full-time work opened the door to board roles, creative projects, and new adventures.

Meet Vito Belgiorno-Zegna, a Senior Engineering Manager at Scentre Group and one of the people behind the tech that powers Westfield centres across Australia and New Zealand. A Forest Lodge local and emerging-tech tinkerer, Vito spends his days working across parking and payments, and his nights cooking, hanging out with his kids, or watching Roma.

Meet Eric Auld, a senior design manager at Atlassian who’s been working in design and tech since the late 90s. Based in Adelaide, he spends his weekdays tackling complex platform design challenges and his weekends mountain biking, climbing, renovating, or testing the limits of his FPV drones. Eric’s big on adaptability, thoughtful leadership, and finding clarity in ambiguity.

We chat with James Hill, VP of Product at Buildkite, about his two-decade journey through tech—from engineer to product leader—and what it takes to build fast, aligned, and impactful teams.

We chat with Elly Loel, a Digital Accessibility Officer. She shares common myths about web accessibility and tips for enhancing inclusivity.