I've spent years working with people in the tech industry: software engineers, data scientists, product managers, designers, and founders. The people I work with are creative problems solvers who are functioning at a high level while privately carrying chronic stress and burnout, ADHD, ASD, anxiety, imposter syndrome, depression, emotional disconnection, perfectionism, relationship strain, and the existential dread that life has narrowed around work and performance. The psychological realities of modern tech culture create unique struggles. The culture of tech shapes how people think, how they relate, and how they struggle. Optimizing for speed and output, working in systems where impact is both enormous and hard to see, operating in environments that prize intelligence above almost everything else —these conditions produce specific kinds of stress, specific defenses, and specific blind spots. Sitting with so much uncertainty is very difficult.When a client is grappling with what AI means for their role, or wrestling with the ethical weight of working on systems with enormous societal reach, or simply trying to metabolize the pace of change — I can engage with the substance. I'm not going to need a primer, and I'm not going to offer a generic reassurance that misses the actual complexity.

My own background in research shapes how I work and the unique way I identify with people in tech. I value measurement driven care and attention to data and evidence.  I am aware of the issues that affect people in this industry: AI-related fears about identity and relevance; remote work isolation, constant change and reorganizing, and performance metrics.