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justin higgins<br>Justin Higgins — software engineer, 20 years in regulated enterprise. Building at the seam between AI-assisted engineering and how that work gets recognized.<br>writing<br>2026-06-01 The Work Looks Like NothingThe top of the IC ladder is well traveled and still unmapped. Pattern recognition fails there. Even frontier models cannot reliably do it. No two of these people have the same story. They are very…

2026-05-19 The Principal IC MoatThis started as a simple job search. One I didn't think should last long. Twenty years as an engineer and architect in a highly regulated enterprise. Much of it as a full-stack developer in an…