Reflections on 2025

2025 is in the books. What do I want to remember about it? I (officially) became an engineering manager in April - there's a lot to unpack here and I probably want to do so in more detail eventually. I had felt like I was already pseudo team lead and that being the official engineering manager wouldn't be that much different - in hindsight, I think I was very unprepared for how much "corporate…