About Patrick

Hi, I'm Patrick

Engineer first, consultant second

 

I'm a staff software engineer at a major SaaS platform, shipping with AI agents every day. 13+ years across mobile, backend, and frontend. The pattern I kept seeing: teams buy the AI tools, point them at a codebase that fights them, and quietly conclude the tools are overhyped.

So that became the work: getting codebases, processes, and people actually ready for agents, and coaching engineers through the interviews that decide their careers.

Patrick MacDowell

Two tracks, one operator

 

Consulting: the Agent Readiness Audit scores one repository across six weighted pillars and hands you a prioritized roadmap. Fixed price, two-week turnaround, one client at a time.

 

Education: Remote Interviewing Mastery and one-on-one mock interview coaching over on Tech Thaumaturge, for engineers who want to walk into interviews calm and prepared.

SEE THE CONSULTING

Where to find me

 

Weekly on the Tech Thaumaturge YouTube channel and the Tech Thaumaturge Weekly newsletter: practical, hype-free takes on AI and engineering careers. Jargon, then plain English, then an analogy that sticks.

Not sure where to start?

 

Take the free five-minute agent readiness quiz, or start with the videos. When you are ready to talk, the consulting page has the details.

 

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