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Newsletters, essays and ideas in development. 

Writing is how I think in public. Published work links to its original source, and anything unwritten is clearly labelled as an idea in development.

Product advocacyEthical AIAI governanceLegal engineeringGo-to-marketRemote workEntrepreneurshipCareers and work
Published

Where I publish

Selected pieces
The IT Girl MindsetLinkedIn

A piece on the mindset shift behind ambitious work: choosing to show up as your highest self before the world confirms who you are, and building the quiet confidence that carries you into rooms you have not been invited into yet.

The IT Girl Mindset is the decision to show up as your highest self, even before the world has acknowledged who you are. It is the commitment to excellence without waiting for permission. It is the quiet, unshakeable confidence that says: I am building something, I am becoming someone, and nothing, not circumstance, not criticism, not self doubt, is going to stop me.

Excerpt · The IT Girl Mindset
Message from Mimi Andzenge thanking Mary-Esther for writing The IT Girl Mindset
A reader who reread the piece the night before a pitch. Shared with her permission.
Read The IT Girl Mindset
In progress

Ideas in development

Pieces I am researching and drafting. They are listed as ideas, not as published work.

Product advocacy · Idea in development

How product storytelling influences adoption

Why the way a team explains a product often decides whether people try it, trust it and keep using it.

Legal engineering · Idea in development

What legal thinking contributes to product development

Risk, accountability and user protection as design inputs rather than late stage review gates.

Ethical AI · Idea in development

Building trust into AI enabled products

Disclosure, oversight and failure handling as visible product features, not internal policy.

Go-to-market · Idea in development

The relationship between product advocacy and go-to-market strategy

How internal alignment and external positioning depend on the same underlying narrative.

Legal engineering · Idea in development

How technology can improve legal processes

Where automation genuinely helps in legal work, and where human judgement should stay.

AI governance · Idea in development

Responsible innovation and user trust

What small teams can practically do before shipping, and why it pays back in adoption.