about
why brown.st? this is my place to write about some of the hard-earned lessons i’ve picked up during the years that I’ve been working in the tech industry. i’ll write about my current thinking which will evolve as i learn more. i’m under no illusion that my opinions will change over time and that some of what i write about will be just plain wrong.
a little about me now. i grew up in australia and moved to san francisco around ten years ago after a divorce. i’ve been a software engineer for a long time and have recently switched to management which has been a bit of baptism by fire. during my time here in the bay area, i’ve worked in tiny pre-seed stage startups and large public companies, both of which i’ve enjoyed in different ways.
my writing here will be an opinionated guide to the practices needed to enable high-performing teams. it’s been a passion of mine for a very long time now.
cheers,
tom