Strong recommend (without even hearing it yet). This is a friend who played on my records and was most recently Don Henley's guitarist. You can listen to his older stuff to get an idea of his own songwriting.
> ...in signing up for the job of engineering manager, I feel like I also signed up for the job of handling surprises and side-quests...They represent the friction points between my mental model of the organization or system and the details of the real world.
"**Pace and confidence** are crucial. Good teams rise to excellence by figuring out how to go faster via **reduced friction** and **smaller increments**...Teams that ship daily can work up to a pace where estimation and planning are less critical. They’ve moved the threshold of risk..."