β Quit my job at Stack Overflow. Started a new role as Senior Engineering Manager leading SRE & Platform for a product making AI more secure β¨
β Signed two book deals (the most ambitious projects Iβve had to do) π₯Ή
β Got invited to speak at one of the largest tech conferences in the US in 2027
β Finished my AI masters degree from Georgia Tech
β Halfway through my MBA from Michigan Ross Business School
β Got a Director of Engineering offer from big tech (It got rescinded a week to my start date, but getting it is a BIG win)
β Got two awards
β Became a Platform Engineering Ambassador
β Became an Agentic AI Ambassador
β Became a 4x Microsoft Azure MVP
β Worked with a few brands I love - Datadog, AWS, Jetbrains, and a few more
β About to launch an Indie AI product Iβm soo excited about π
β Submitted 3 AI research papers (all first author). 2 got published in IEEE & Springer. One is still in review.
β¦ and some I canβt remember right now lol
β Quit my job at Stack Overflow. Started a new role as Senior Engineering Manager leading SRE & Platform for a product making AI more secure β¨
β Signed two book deals (the most ambitious projects Iβve had to do) π₯Ή
β Got invited to speak at one of the largest tech conferences in the US in 2027
β Finished my AI masters degree from Georgia Tech
β Halfway through my MBA from Michigan Ross Business School
β Got a Director of Engineering offer from big tech (It got rescinded a week to my start date, but getting it is a BIG win)
β Got two awards
β Became a Platform Engineering Ambassador
β Became an Agentic AI Ambassador
β Became a 4x Microsoft Azure MVP
β Worked with a few brands I love - Datadog, AWS, Jetbrains, and a few more
β About to launch an Indie AI product Iβm soo excited about π
β Submitted 3 AI research papers (all first author). 2 got published in IEEE & Springer. One is still in review.
β¦ and some I canβt remember right now lol