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Leadership6 min readI started a new role as a Director of Engineering focused on system architecture, and a week in I feel like a beginner again. Here is what I'm learning about resisting the urge to act, leading across teams I don't manage, and why the decisions behind an architecture matter more than the architecture itself.
- Architecture
- Engineering Leadership
- Influence
Leadership6 min readI don't think leaders are made by an org chart. They're made by a mindset, showing up to own a problem whether or not it's yours to own. Here are four moments, at every stage of my career, that drove it home.
- Leadership
- Ownership
- Mentorship
Leadership6 min readIn 2014 I bought a red Mazda 3 that turned out to be a rebuild write-off. Coming to terms with that bad decision, then learning to fix the car myself, taught me a resilience I leaned on the day I crashed Constant Contact.
- Resilience
- Growth
- Engineering Leadership
Leadership6 min readFor the first year, every line that shipped had my fingerprints on it. Then the team grew and the job quietly changed underneath me: it stopped being what I could build and became what four other people could ship without me in the room. Staying close to the code is what made that possible, and it's the same instinct that carried me to VP.
- Technical Leadership
- Staying Hands-On
- Distributed Systems
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