2025 career check-in

from cloud nine to the ground floor i still remember standing in the back parking lot of little nickel on forest hill avenue listening to a AWS recruiter go over the job offer. just stood there, sort of stunned. it wasn’t excitement. it was stillness, the same feeling i had when i summited mount katahdinContinue reading “2025 career check-in”

state of engineering in 2025

three things i’ve learned after a decade in engineering hot takes are cheap. you can find a dozen of them on LinkedIn before your coffee cools down. this isn’t that. this is just a quiet reflection from someone who’s been doing this for 10 years and still kind of loves it. here’s what i’d tellContinue reading “state of engineering in 2025”

vibe engineering – day 1 – what I learned

So I tried out this whole vibe engineering thing for 8 hrs. Here’s the tale. If you haven’t heard the term, vibe engineering is basically letting AI do a lot of the heavy lifting in prototyping or idea shaping. You talk to it, give it some instructions, let it go off and build something semi-coherent,Continue reading “vibe engineering – day 1 – what I learned”