front matter
foreword
My name is Steve Buchanan, and I’m honored to write this foreword. With more than 20 years of experience in the tech industry, I’ve worked as a generalist, led internal and consulting teams, and gained extensive knowledge in various facets of technology, including development. Recently, I’ve been advising startups and leading a research team at Microsoft, collaborating cross-functionally with executives, engineers, designers, and customer teams to evaluate end-to-end experiences across multicloud environments, with a focus on improving Azure.
I’ve known Shelley Benhoff for several years, meeting her as a fellow author of Pluralsight courses in the tech space. She is an established expert with more than 20 years of experience in the tech industry, much of it spent in development and leading development teams. Her most recent role is as a Senior Developer Experience Manager at Docker. I’ve always respected Shelley and followed her remarkable accomplishments throughout her career.
When I heard she was writing the Lead Developer Career Guide, I was ecstatic. I knew she would bring a wealth of real-world knowledge to the topic. When she asked me to write a use case for the book, I didn’t hesitate to contribute. And when she asked me to write the foreword, I was even more excited because it gave me the opportunity to read the book early and recognize how invaluable it is for developers.