This playbook reflects how I think about engineering leadership — career development, team operations, technical practices, and recruiting. It's a living document, drawn from real experience and the work of people I respect.

Career Management

• Career Progression Ideas for career paths that decouples compensation from titles, supports multiple paths, and a structural engineering pendulum

Team Tools

• Story Card Template A standard template for defining work scope, acceptance criteria, and technical context.

Technical Leadership

• Sensible Defaults Ten engineering organization defaults that raise the baseline for how teams build and ship software.