Why I’m writing

I’m an engineering leader writing about the parts of the role that are harder to see from the outside: how responsibility changes your work, your decisions, and how you show up for a team.

I started writing these notes to make sense of my own experience as the role changed around me, usually in stolen moments before work or after my children’s bedtime, typed furiously into the notes app on my phone so I wouldn’t lose the thought. Over time, I realized many of the same questions come up again and again for people stepping into leadership.

If you’re moving into engineering leadership — or already there and trying to figure out what the job actually is — I hope something here feels familiar.