The Builder’s Leader
Brands I've Built For
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
The mandate playbook doesn't work on adults either
I spent time in a thread with 500+ engineers saying AI destroyed their love of coding. The pattern wasn't the tool. It was the rollout. Here's the difference between a mandate and a leader who actually shows up.
The template, where to store them, and how to make the habit stick
An engineer on my team pulled up an ADR we'd written months earlier, realized the constraints still held, and saved two weeks on a migration that didn't need to happen. Here's the template, the repo layout, a scaffolding script, and the mistakes I made running ADRs across distributed teams.
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.'