Here’s where I’ve landed after a long, slow shift.
I started in tech sales, owning relationships and running discovery. Over time I got pulled into solutioning, prototype conversations, scoping proofs-of-concept. I taught myself enough about the cloud to hold my own and then some, and I’ll admit I got comfortable there. Comfortable being the person who understands how it fits together, asks the sharp questions, and then hands the building to someone else.
I’m not comfortable with that anymore.
Understanding the cloud and building on it are different rooms. I’ve been standing in the doorway of the second one for a while, knowing the layout, describing it well, never quite walking in. The honest truth is that building felt like it belonged to other people, the ones with the right background, and I let that story sit unchallenged longer than I should have.
So this is me walking in. Not pretending I’ve already arrived: I haven’t built much of anything yet, and I’m going to be a beginner in public for a while. But I know this space, I’ve earned my way to its edge, and I’m done admiring it from the doorway.
The next posts here should start to have some actual building in them. That’s the plan, anyway. Let’s see.