Rewarding the gas pedal and the brakes.

2026-04-20

I believe a good engineering culture rewards questions as much as answers.

I will be the first to say that I definitely lean hard towards the gas pedal, but I also recognize the value of the brakes.

Recently, Tanium has been going through a period of rapid growth and change. During a time where upper management are contacting specific engineers to work on specific features, it is addicting to spike a feature with a fun video and ship it to GA.

I work with engineers who spike features within a day. I work with engineers who question assumptions and think through every possible tradeoff before commiting to a solution.

I generally prefer spiking something and iterating on it, but I think there is value in the engineer who takes the time to thoroughly consider all options.

Without a doubt, the absolute worst scenario is no direction, with lots of opinions. This is a nightmare situation.