Timeline

The pattern: every painful moment in the business became structural. DOTs remember.

First time shipping something that more than a few thousand people used. [verify: which product/company]

First real job, first real shipping-on-a-deadline. [verify: company + role]

First time living alone, first time picking a path on purpose. [verify: school + major]

The day a beige box arrived and the world split into before and after. [verify: year + make/model]