About Michael Greenspan
Seven years as a software engineer. Nine years as an engineering manager.
Today I work privately with a small number of software engineers and tech leaders. The work is reflective rather than tactical. A slower kind of conversation than the ones already crowding their calendar.
Most of the people I speak with aren’t lacking effort or intelligence. They’re dealing with pressure, constant thinking, and ambiguity that makes simple tasks feel strangely impossible.
Based in Toronto.
The short version: I’m not here to fix you.
I’m here to help you understand yourself. The longer version has its own pages: my philosophy, on why the war with yourself starts and what actually helps, and an honest are we a fit?, so you can tell before we ever talk. And if you arrived searching for executive function coaching, there’s a page about how what I do relates to that.
Where to go next.
1:1 coaching
Working privately with a small number of software engineers and tech leaders with ADHD. A slower kind of conversation, every two weeks.
Learn about coaching →
The ADHD Engineer
A short weekly reflection for engineers and leaders with ADHD, plus the occasional longer piece.
Read the weekly reflection →
Why Can’t I Just Do the Thing?
A 5-day email course for ADHD engineers tired of knowing what to do and still not doing it.
Get the course →
Podcast appearances
Conversations on ADHD, engineering management, burnout, and the realities of working in tech.
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Also by me: The Complete Engineer, coaching and writing for senior engineers and engineering leaders. Not ADHD-specific.
If any of this sounds familiar.
Two ways in: a conversation when you’re ready, or a short reflection in your inbox each week.
Want to talk?
If something here resonates, the next step is a conversation.