The 2026 market wants player-coach leaders: directors who set the bet AND can still drop into the file to unblock the team.

The problem is, most people interviewing for these roles are coming at them from one side or the other, and getting read as the wrong hire.

This 2-session bundle gets you positioned for the player-coach role from wherever you're starting:

-> If you're a super-IC, you have the hands. What the panel can't see yet is that you set direction and move the business. Right now you read as "the best maker in the room," and that tops you out at Staff IC.

-> If you're a leader who's drifted from the work, you have the altitude. But in a leaner, AI-shifted org, a manager who hasn't touched a file in years reads as a coordinator role companies are cutting, not filling.

Two different starting points, same destination: proof that you can do AND direct, in the same breath.

How the sessions are structured ↴

Session 1 -> Work review + diagnostic (45 min)

We go through your actual materials: portfolio, resume, the way you talk about your work.

First we figure out which gap is yours (too much "maker," or too far from the craft), because the fix is completely different depending on the answer.

Then I give you a clear plan: what to cut, what to reframe, and which pieces of evidence to add so you read as a player-coach instead of one half of one.

You leave with a specific rework list.

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Session 2 -> Rework review + mock interview (45 min)

You come back with the changes made.

We review them, then run a real mock interview for the role you're targeting.

I push on the exact questions a hiring panel uses to find out whether you can lead and still build, and we sharpen your answers live until they land.

You leave ready to walk into the actual interview.

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The outcome

A portfolio and an interview story that prove both halves: judgment that moves the business, and taste that's still live in the work.