The Builder’s Leader
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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
Clarity Does
A dev posted on Reddit about their manager's manager demanding more productivity while adding more meetings. Used terms like 'o3' for one on one and 'N+2' for skip level manager. The top reply was 'Speak English brother.'
You Built the Stage
Three meetings before anyone says a real thing. That's not dysfunction. That's theater. And the leaders never see the mess. They see the performance.
I Read the Logs and Actually Was One
A release broke payments for 10 minutes. So I added a meeting. Release retrospective. Every deployment gets a review. Sounds like leadership. The fix came from reading logs. Not from a meeting.