Coming Soon: The Software Conductor

Hello friends,

One week from today, The Software Conductor publishes.

I’ve been writing this book for the better part of three years. It started as a “Think Like a Software Architect” guide. I wrote the tome, lots of pages, nice and thick, just the way tech books should be. I even had a publisher ready to publish it and I had mentioned it on social media.

But, I hated it.

So, I dropped the publisher. I scraped most of the book. And I started over again. I needed something that was useful, and timely. Not long and dull.

The Software Conductor was the answer. It’s the answer to a question I’ve been hearing from developers, architects, and engineering leaders almost every week:

</div><blockquote>In this new AI world, how do I stay relevant?</blockquote><div>
This isn’t a long book, it’s less than 150 pages total. And it’s not a text book.

</div><blockquote>Rather, it’s a story…</blockquote><div>
It’s the story of Aaron Blake, a senior developer who is burning out doing exactly what AI is starting to do well. He meets a symphony conductor named Anton Weiss who teaches him the difference between playing an instrument and conducting an orchestra.

By the end of the book, Aaron has done the hardest thing a developer can do. He has become an architect.

Interspersed between story chapters are practical interludes that turns the story’s lessons into a working framework. It reads like a novel, but gives practical and actionable advice.

If you’ve ever caught yourself wondering whether the path you’re on is the right one for the next ten years, this book is for you.

Stay tuned! The Software Conductor arrives on May 18th.

Lee