This one made me smile. Derin Halil has a habit of asking the question most of us only think: why me? He even asked it out loud, swivelling round in his chair to put it to his head of design. Underneath the laugh is a real story about imposter syndrome, meditations on being lucky, and about finding the kind of work your brain was built for.

It also landed for me personally. Derin's moment of wondering whether he was any good, or just good at one studio, is exactly where I was after eleven years at Sony Cambridge.

Highlights

• Growing up in a big gaming household, and why his mum saw games as the best bargain going
• How a physics degree, not a games course, ended up shaping his systems design
• A four-hour round trip commute for one week of QA work experience, at fifteen
• The job interview where the interviewer told him to take the other offer
• The website feature he pitched in an interview, didn't get the job for, and then saw go live six months later
• Seven and a half years on Elite Dangerous, and why he still had to leave

Give it a listen. It's one of the most honest takes on "luck" we've had on the show.

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