After four years managing projects, I decided to stop scheduling standups and start writing the code behind them. I joined a legaltech startup as a software developer (which was later acquired by Clio), spending the next four years building backend systems in Ruby on Rails with the occasional flirtation with React. Then, I taught software development at Turing School of Software & Design until the school closed in June 2025. Now I'm doing freelance engineering consulting and looking for a team where I can combine technical execution with product instinct. I'm especially energized by roles with high autonomy, room to experiment, and enough visibility into the big picture that I'm not just working off a task list.