This Is Not Another Leadership Podcast

I’ve spent years watching good engineers get promoted into leadership roles with almost no preparation for what the job actually is.

They’re smart. They care. They want to do right by their teams.

And then they’re handed vague advice, overloaded with responsibility, and quietly expected to “figure it out.”

That gap, between what leadership sounds like and what it actually requires, is why I started a new podcast called Lead Don’t Ctrl.

Episode 0 is live now. It’s intentionally called Episode 0, because arrays start at index zero... and because leadership should start with context.

In that episode, I explain:

What “Lead Don’t Ctrl” actually means

Who this podcast is for (and who it’s not)

Why so much leadership in tech defaults to control instead of clarity

Episode 1 is coming next, and it goes deeper into the real job of a tech lead, the part nobody trains you for.

If you’ve ever stepped into leadership and thought, “Why does this feel harder than it should?”, this podcast is for you.

🎧 Listen to Episode 0 on Spotify: Why This Podcast Exists (And Who It’s For)

🎧 Listen to Episode 0 on Apple Podcasts: Why This Podcast Exists (And Who It’s For)

Lead well. Don’t control.