A VP once told me, "Good leaders overcommunicate."

So I did 😐

I clarified expectations in every meeting.

I sent follow-ups after every decision.

I repeated key messages to make sure they stuck.

And then I noticed something.

I see engineers evolve in three stages:

Stonemason → Master Builder → Monarch.

Stonemason is where you begin—chisel in hand, obsessed with your craft. Backend, frontend, data—you pick your material, shape it, perfect it. You are the hands of the work. But most get trapped here. Mastery is the foundation, not the finish line.

Master Builder is where you expand. You’ve learned to shape stone. Now, you learn to shape structures. Backend to frontend, data to infra—you move beyond your element, orch…