I was hired as a staff manager and was moved up to general manager after a couple of months. From there I was responsible for the network's day-to-day: keeping the systems healthy, managing the development and staff teams, and handling the parts of community relations that needed an owner.
A lot of the growth came from doing the boring things consistently. Reliable uptime. Visible moderation. Events that actually shipped on the dates they were announced. Configuration that stayed clean as the network expanded.
Wrapped up in February 2026 in good standing.