I am a software developer and product designer, and was an executive member of a venture-backed and exited technology startup. With years of experience navigating the competing priorities of engineering, product, sales, and customer support, I help companies ship profitable software.
I also speak about product and UX strategy from time to time, and I credit my early career as a middle school teacher for a dash of exposure therapy that has prepared me for a life of presentations. :)
Likes:
- Small, nimble teams.
- Change and people who are ok with change.
- When @dhh gets particularly insightful.
- Craft beer, although this is now about as original as having a beard.
- My daughter's preschool songs.
- Deploying.
- The cold side of the pillow.
- Trello. It's basically the best app ever made. (Don't ruin this for me, Atlassian.)
Dislikes:
- Arugula.
- Waiting for "sign-off".
- When @dhh gets particularly righteous.
- Those two times the Rangers were within a strike of winning the World Series, and yet didn't.
- LinkedIn summaries.
I Believe:
- You should build less than you think you need to.
- "Your intellectual opponents aren't evil." - Russ Roberts (@econtalker)
- The company that ships will beat the company in yet another meeting.
- What you choose to leave out of your product is often as important as what you decide to put in.
