David Wegman

David Wegman Did you know that you can solve puzzles as a career? I lead software engineering teams to success using puzzle solving as my primary tool. I have learned what works from leading teams ranging from a 17,000 person company to an embryonic startup, across multiple industries. If my team is underperforming, I'll use "debug" mode to find a better path forward, tinkering with assignments, schedules, team processes, and technologies. Strong teams can benefit from this approach, too. I am a mentor to junior engineers and learn as much from them as they learn from me. I have co-founded a company, joined a four-person startup as CTO, and learned to code at a big startup alongside software industry luminaries. All three startups were acquired. All three companies also helped me grow as a software entrepreneur. For a problem solver like me, working with a team to build a startup is the ultimate thrill. Every day brings a new challenge: sometimes an existential threat, yet other times a chance to create magic. As a software architect and engineer, I thrive on the constant stream of puzzles, both big picture and minutiae. Every messy, incoherent, poorly tested code base represents an opportunity

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