The Product-Minded Engineer: Why My Best Code Starts With 'Why'
Okta, Friday, April 3rd, 2026
There is a common misconception that an engineer's value is measured solely by the elegance of their code.
But after 20 years in this industry-ten of them here at Okta and Auth0-I've learned that the most powerful tool in a developer's kit isn't a specific language or framework. It's a product mindset.
My journey at Okta hasn't been a straight line up the technical ladder. It's been a deliberate exploration of how technology serves people, and that "career lattice" has made all the difference.