Someday I’ll Write the Book

People keep telling me I should write a book. Maybe I will.

Right now all I have is a notes app full of half-formed chapters and way too many stories: the alligator in the rental car in Florida, the elevator incident I still get teased about, the RAID arrays sitting on a big-box shelf like they were holiday specials, the cross-country deployment derailed by weather, sickness, traffic, and raw luck, the uncomfortable meeting where I told a CEO, “You’re not ready yet,” the nights arguing with Codex, and the juniors asking, “Is there still space for us?”

And every time I look at that list, I think, How did all of this end up being my career?

But then I remember the thread running through all of it: Technology never saves the day on its own. People do, when they are supported, honest, prepared, and working with the technology instead of against it.

The future belongs to leaders who can do both: use the technology and elevate the people. I have had the privilege of meeting some. I hope we build more.