1-1 advisory for engineering leaders
AI just moved the map under every engineering leader, without the pattern matching that usually helps you make great decisions. I help you rebuild that judgment on your own work. I have run engineering organizations, and I build with these tools every day.
You’re not behind — here’s the map.
The mandate arrived quickly: make the team AI-native, protect quality, rethink hiring, and know which work to trust. Reading the market is not the same as building judgment with the tools in your hands.
Every leader I have done this with starts in the same place: there is a lot to do and no time to do it. So the first move is always the same too. Use AI to make the time. The practice pays for itself in hours before it pays in anything else.
You do not need another course, cohort, or keynote. You need a private peer who can work through your real artifacts with you, notice what is missing, and keep the practice moving between conversations.
// the uncommon overlap
Twenty-three years across IC, VP Engineering, CTO, and COO roles — hiring, performance, systems, quality, executive tradeoffs, and the responsibility that comes when the answer is yours.
I build multi-agent infrastructure, ship with Codex and Claude Code, compare models on real migrations, and learn where delegation works — and where experienced judgment still has to step in.
Most AI experts know the market, not the tools. Most power users have never run an organization. Very few people bring both perspectives. This is engineering-leader advisory. AI is the wrench.
// the 90-day intensive
We meet one-on-one every other week. I learn your actual processes and tools before each session, then we workshop the artifacts already on your desk.
Between sessions, there is work to do: experiments, changes, and evidence to bring back. The advice matters. The accountability is part of the product.
After 90 days, we either close the loop cleanly or move into a lighter ongoing advisory.
Hiring loops, team expectations, agent instructions, PRs, quality signals, and delivery workflows.
Biweekly, one-on-one sessions prepared around your context and the decisions you need to make.
Try the change, observe the result, and bring the evidence back. This is where fluency develops.
// the terrain
This is a map, not a syllabus. We start where the mandate is creating real pressure.
// fit
You lead engineering in a tech-forward company.
The AI mandate is real, even if the path is not.
You want hands-on judgment, not borrowed language.
You will make time to practice between sessions.
// the 1:1 work
From First Round’s Fast Track mentorship program — private work with technical leaders.
Dui has had a profound impact on my life. The opportunity to connect with him has far exceeded any expectation I may have had. He’s walked the path to technical leadership and helped me find clarity on what I actually wanted, then set milestones to achieve it.
Dui is a paragon of knowledge and wisdom with an incredibly diverse range of expertise. His holistic approach to mentorship has been a game changer for me. In essence, Dui is more than a mentor; he’s a catalyst for transformation.
// investment
Biweekly private sessions, preparation around your systems and tools, and accountable practice between conversations.
A lighter continuation after the intensive for leaders who want a thought partner as the terrain changes.
Designed to fit an executive-coaching or leadership-development budget.
// start here
Bring the mandate and the part that feels hardest to judge. We will use the conversation to see whether this is the right kind of support.
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