It’s been over 20 years since I started the path of Engineering leadership. I’d say that during this time I have seen several different schools of thought about leadership in technology. It is also quite possible that my own understanding was so nascent back then that I didn’t understand what…

After work from home due to Covid, the companies are thinking about what the future of work really looks like. Some tech companies prior to the pandemic were successful at doing remote work and used it as an open perk to recruit more employees who wanted the flexibility. In technology…

When I got into the software business in the 90s the only real way to have a well-integrated experience was to purchase software from one vendor. There were some protocols and technologies that allowed programs to interoperate, but they were more of an exception rather than the rule. A lot…

Recently I have been going through and re-organizing my files. It forced me to go back 15-20 years and sift through piles of files that were collecting virtual dust. Among them were the Harvard, Wharton and Stanford essays that I wrote in 2006, the year that I joined DocuSign. …

I have been extremely lucky to get hired as a junior engineer at the age of 17, and I try to pay it forward as much as I can. Taking on a new hire, and especially someone who is new to software development requires work on behalf of your team…

Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover has been well publicized, if you are not up to date as of the end of Nov 2022, check out any major news source. Here is a good example: https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/twitter-elon-musk-timeline-what-happened-so-far-rcna57532 . In this post I am going to explain why I think Elon is doing what…

Looks like with the FTX downfall people are starting to ask good questions about the crypto space. A bunch of people lost their money. What is worse is a bunch of smart people lost their money by keeping them in a centralized institution in a supposedly de-centralized space. We have…

Tech companies of all sizes have been using titles creatively for years. More senior titles make up for some compensation gaps and can win in a talent war. They might also signal that you are future proofing someone’s career at your company. …

Over the years I have seen many engineering teams preach “API First Development”. The approach is well documented and means exactly what you’d imagine — the engineering team is focused on defining the Application Programming Interface first. The API discussed is often the contract between the service and mobile or…