Moving from CEO back to IC: A chat with Mitchell Hashimoto on his love for code

<p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/11/03/arts/design/neopets.html">Neopets</a>: A little-known gateway into a software career. (Nineties kids will remember.)</p><p>Among the products Mitchell helped build at Hashicorp: <a href="https://www.terraform.io/">Terraform</a>, <a href="https://www.vagrantup.com/">Vagrant</a>, and <a href="https://www.vaultproject.io/">Vault</a>.</p><p>Not many C-level execs return to IC roles, but you might be surprised how many <a href="https://builtin.com/software-engineering-perspectives/manager-individual-contributor">managers move back to being individual contributors</a>.</p><p>Follow Mitchell on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/mitchellh">here</a>.</p>