About me

Hello - I'm Dean Hume 👋

I'm a Technical Program Manager at Microsoft, where I work with the Xbox Game Studios first-party team. Day to day, that means working hand in hand with some incredible studios on games like Forza Horizon, Fable, Hellblade 2, and Blade. It's a wonderful job - somewhere between engineering, strategy, and people - and I genuinely love it.

I've been writing about software and technical leadership for over a decade. This blog started life in the world of web performance and progressive web apps, but it's evolved as I have - these days you'll mostly find me writing about TPM skills, developer tools and productivity, and the craft of building great games.

I've also written four books along the way, covering everything from fast ASP.NET websites to managing people for the first time. Writing helps me think, and hopefully it's useful to someone else too.

Outside of work, I collect hobbies - surfing, snowboarding, boxing, and triathlons. I also brew my own beer, which I write about separately over at humebrew.com.

If you'd like to say hi, you can reach me at contact (at) deanhume.com.