Meet the new member of the documentation team at Raspberry Pi

“I’ve lived in Cambridge most of my life, and Raspberry Pi is a household name here, so I’ve known about it for a long time,” Steve tells us. “But I wanted to work here because my wife told me that it was a fantastic place to be – she contracted at the company and absolutely loved the experience.”

What is your history with making?

I’m not actually a techie. I suppose it’s no surprise then that I love the simplicity and accessibility of Raspberry Pi!

What did you do before joining Raspberry Pi?

I worked for various soulless enterprise software development houses in London, creating documentation for financial services products that banks use to monitor their IT systems and maintain compliance. 

What have you made with a Raspberry Pi?

It’s almost summer here, so the above ground swimming pool will soon go up! Each year, I have to manually check the pool temperature and turn on the heater, otherwise the kids complain it’s too cold. This year, I’m building a Raspberry Pi configuration that will automatically take temperature readings and feed them into my AI agent. The agent checks the weather forecasts, then uses a couple of years’ worth of collected weather and pool temperature readings to suggest the most cost-efficient heating schedule. I also want it to perform the daily and weekly chemical analyses – chlorine, pH, and CYA levels – but that might be a stretch. If anyone has a blueprint for this, please let me know!

What are some of your favourite things you’ve seen people make with a Raspberry Pi?

So many to choose from… but as an old-school gamer, the games emulators that take me back to my childhood are just brilliant.

Anything else you’d like to add?

My wife was right – this is a great company to work for.