When I was young, I knew I wanted to have a job where I was able to write software for a living. In retrospect, I was thinking too shallow. Today, I'm a professional bridge builder. I don't build bridges over water, but instead, constantly create structures that build paths over obstacles. In my session, I want to share how I came to find out that I was a bridge builder and how that carried through my journey as a senior engineer to where I sit today as a VP-level engineer in a public company.