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What People Say
“Jono is the manager every engineer hopes to work for at least once in their career.”
“Jono may be the most talented technologist I've worked with in my long career.”
“Jono has been my greatest professional accelerant. He provided the framework I needed to grow into a technology leader.”
“A natural born leader ... working with Jono was a masterclass in drive with insane depth of knowledge.”
“Jono excels at building teams and solutions from zero to one.”
“Jono propels any team he is a part of.”
Latest Writing
You walked in with answers. They were waiting for you to listen.
New leaders inherit teams that already have the answers. The mistake is walking in like you have them too. A confession about what I got wrong in my first 90 days at Converse, and what I would do differently now.
Bloated diffs and missing merge policies are a leadership problem, not an engineering one
AI keeps generating code until someone decides what one pull request is allowed to carry. Most teams haven't made that decision. The rubber stamp is the result.
Stay close to the craft without being load-bearing
A senior director told me projects went well when I was involved and struggled when I was not. I first heard it as a compliment. It was a signal that I had over-rotated into the craft and underbuilt leaders beside me.