Hi, I'm Ryan. I learned to lead the hard way.
Nearly two decades in engineering. Half a decade leading teams at Yelp. Six courses on Dometrain, rated the number one career course creator on the whole platform. EM Accelerator is everything I learned, built into one place.
In engineering. Half a decade leading teams at Yelp.
Following across LinkedIn, YouTube and my newsletter.
Career course creator on Dometrain. 6x author.
On the LeadDev programming committee. Speaker there and at CTO Craft.
A fair question. Here's the honest answer.
Plenty of people have twenty years in engineering. Fewer have spent that time leading at scale, then a year building a course on it, and being rated the best at it on the platform that hosts the field's most revered names.
I find writing about myself awkward. So I'll let the facts do the talking.
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Half a decade leading at Yelp
I led some of the largest groups of teams there, as part of nearly twenty years in tech. This is not theory from the sidelines. I have done the job, at scale, under real pressure.
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Six courses on Dometrain, rated #1
Dometrain is exclusive about who it lets author. Its creators are Microsoft MVPs and engineers with hundreds of thousands of followers. Across all of them, I am rated the number one career course creator on the platform.
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Two years on the LeadDev committee
I help shape the programme at one of the most respected engineering leadership conferences in the world, and I have spoken there and at CTO Craft.
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80,000+ read my work every week
I have spent nearly half a decade writing for engineers and managers across LinkedIn, YouTube and my newsletter. This whole thing is built on a real, engaged audience.
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Mentor to engineers at every level
From juniors finding their feet to leaders running large orgs, I have coached people right across the career path. I know what each stage actually needs.
Number one on a platform that doesn't let just anyone in.
Dometrain is where some of engineering's most revered minds teach. Microsoft MVPs. Creators with hundreds of thousands of followers. Out of all of them, I am rated the number one career course creator on the platform. Six courses, and counting.
Where the field's leaders go to learn.
LeadDev speaker
I have spoken at LeadDev, one of the most respected engineering leadership events in the world.
Programming committee
Two years helping shape the LeadDev programme, choosing the talks that thousands of leaders learn from.
CTO Craft speaker
I have also spoken at CTO Craft, the community for engineering leaders at the top of the ladder.
Premium on purpose. Built over a year.
I did not bundle up old recordings and slap a price on them. Every piece of EM Accelerator was made from scratch, to a standard I would be proud to put my name on.
What you actually get
- Bespoke worksheets, templates and whiteboarding sessions, all built by me
- A guided video walkthrough for every worksheet, not just a PDF dump
- Professionally edited video. 4K, clean high-quality audio
- Branding and decks designed by a professional, at real expense
- Need something I have not made yet? DM me and I will build it, with a recorded walkthrough
What it is not
- Old recordings from past gigs, bundled together
- Generic theory from someone who left the trenches a decade ago
- A 12-week sprint that ends right as it gets useful
- Phoned-in production rushed out to hit a price point
I became a manager the way most engineers do. One Friday I was writing code. The next Monday I was responsible for people's careers, their pay, whether they stayed or left. Nobody trained me for it, so I learned by making expensive mistakes.
So I got a little obsessed with the craft of leading engineers. I read everything, stole what worked from the best leaders I could find, and spent a year turning it into the thing I wish someone had handed me on that Monday morning.
That is EM Accelerator. Not theory. The actual playbook, from someone still doing the work. I would love to have you in it.
Become the EM your team deserves.
The playbook most engineering managers never got, plus a room of people figuring out the same week you are, and me in it every working day.
Founder rate ends 17 June. It never returns at this price.