How often does a dream come true? For me, it did when both my husband and I received job offers from Microsoft – The Mecca for tech professionals at that time. On November 28, 2000, we moved to Seattle from Austin, Texas. It felt like I had finally boarded the right train—life on track, career on point—or so I thought. But less than a decade later, everything shifted. This week marks 16 years since I walked away from my role as a software engineering manager at Microsoft to pursue something completely unknown—the “people stuff”—coaching, connection, and deeper impact. This milestone made me pause and reflect: How did I find the…