Ep. 066, Across The Pond IT

Episode #066’s guest is Matthew Wood, Deputy CTO, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Transportation. Before ruling the IT end of Massachusetts roadways, Matthew grew up with technology in the United Kingdom. Some things were the same (the quest to build and play games), others very different (PC makers like the Alan Michael Sugar Trading company, aka Amstrad). We discuss differences managing when your workforce is unionized and in the public sector, and searching for the balance between being a team player and calling out bad ideas.   Broomstones (curling location) - http://www.broomstones.com/ - you can rent them out for fun corporate events Coventry (where Matt grew up) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coventry Sinclair ZX81 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZX81 Amstrad 6128 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amstrad_CPC Acorn Electron - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acorn_Electron