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9.11.01

Change Starts Here

Central time, the normal start time of my daily routine as an Industrial Engineering Manager for a manufacturer in the Chicago suburbs. It’s laughable now, but even in that awful moment I didn’t want to be seen crying at work, especially by the CEO. Tuesday, September 11, 2001 started like any other day.

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Putting the Emotion Into EQ with Etienne de Bruin

Marcus Blankenship - Podcasts

Became a software developer, senior software engineer, engineering manager, and then CTO to a few companies. Ettienne: So I would say probably where I would go to kind of, there are a couple really awesome books that help people navigate the world of individual contributor to becoming an engineering manager.