Leadership decisions are never purely about authority. Every choice has tradeoffs — team dynamics, organizational alignment, timing, and trust.
The human side of engineering at scale — navigating resistance, quantifying hidden costs, and building the conditions where teams make good decisions on their own.
A senior engineer's resume already tells me what they know. What it can't tell me is whether they're curious, passionate, and hungry to build great things. That's what the interview is for.