Director of Engineering at Stitch Fix.
Previously SVP of Product at Pet360 and Director of Engineering at LivingSocial.
From Silver Spring, MD. Currently living near San Francisco, CA.
I did a brief interview with Managers Club. Here's one bit about advice I give to new managers: You generally get to be a manager by being an excellent engineer. That skill doesn’t suddenly disappear when you become a manager and it’s almost like having a cheat code. You can... Continue Reading »
Here are the books that I finished this year (with my favorites in bold): February The Daily Show (The Book) - I'm a sucker for oral histories, I've previously thoroughly enjoyed the SNL and ESPN ones. This one didn't disappoint. The talent that passed through The Daily Show over the... Continue Reading »
I recently spoke at RailsConf about one of the worst bugs I've ever been involved with, aviation, surgery, and how checklists can help us to deploy higher quality software, faster, and with less stress. Notes My original slides are available for download. I've created a printable version of the checklists... Continue Reading »
Aidan's First Flight at 9 Weeks Old I write this on the plane as we're flying to Hawaii for vacation. Between moving to the Bay Area when our entire family lives in Maryland and taking two trips to Korea to see Royela's extended family we've flown a lot with the... Continue Reading »
Problem OSX doesn’t recognize the Microsoft Surface Ergonomic Keyboard as a keyboard out of the box. It pairs, and you can type, but you can’t remap the command keys. As a Mac user that makes the keyboard pretty much unusable as I would be forever typing “ç√” (option-c option-v) instead... Continue Reading »