# My Path to Head of Engineering

DevFeed: [My Path to Head of Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/my-path-to-head-of-engineering-40095.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.rea-group.com/about-us/news-and-insights/blog/my-path-to-head-of-engineering/>)

Author: Jac Domney

Published: 2026-02-19T04:29:55Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [REA Group](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/rea-group.md>)

Topics: [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>), [Learning](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/learning.md>), [Job](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/job.md>)

Tags: [career](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/career.md>), [career-stories](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/career-stories.md>), [coaching](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/coaching.md>), [developer](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer.md>), [development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/development.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [head-of-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/head-of-engineering.md>), [leadership](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/leadership.md>), [learning](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/learning.md>), [team](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/team.md>), [tech](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tech.md>)

## AI overview

A personal account of progressing from support work to Head of Engineering, emphasizing mentorship, people leadership, coaching, and adapting development programs to individual needs.

## Source excerpt

My Path to Head of Engineering Early in my career, I was tucked away in a corner doing the kind of support work nobody else wanted to touch. I'd spend days wrestling with tricky issues on my own, with no one to bounce ideas off. After a while, I genuinely started to wonder if I just wasn't very good at this. What changed everything was a leader who noticed what I was doing, saw more potential in me than I saw in myself, and quietly opened a door.