Posts tagged Staying Hands-On

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  I Built a Stream Processor and Accidentally Became a VP

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  July 13, 2026

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  For 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