Feels like yesterday that I picked up my pc's manual during a high school vacation, and coded a piano emulator in QBasic. To "see & speak code" felt profound at the time. Along my career, I've worked with many talented individuals who were passionate about software engineering and felt at home in this constantly evolving space.In my current role, I lead the Enterprise Application Integration program with a dedicated Development and Operations team managing a portfolio of 300 services. We are a microservice heavy team, transitioning away from a monolithic platform. Messaging is through a highly available cluster on OpenSource technologies (ActiveMQ/Qpid). I'm also responsible to provide Kafka and Connector services to the enterprise by leveraging Confluent managed services.In addition to my current role as a manager, I've had opportunities to don other hats including architect/developer, administrator and QA. Fostering open communication across stakeholders including IT partners, VPs, Directors and managers is key to successfully coordinating between priorities. Equally important, is to be receptive of feedback and look out for opportunities that brings value.If you are on a similar journey, it would be great to connect and share experiences.
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