A memoir about careers, recovery, and the next shot

From Firewalls
to Fairways

How a Career in IT Led Me to Golf

Technology built my career. Golf changed the way I looked at it.

Coming November 2, 2026 41 days
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The long way around

A career rarely follows the course you planned.

Ryan Drumheller grew up in Ovid, Michigan, left home at sixteen, and entered adulthood with more determination than direction. Technology gave him a way forward. He returned to college at twenty-nine, earned more than 170 professional certifications, and built a two-decade career leading people through complex technology and business change.

That path also included burnout, layoffs, ventures that did not work, and seasons when the next move was hard to see. Golf arrived later and gave Ryan a new language for preparation, recovery, risk, and the discipline of playing the next shot instead of reliving the last one.

01

Build

Education, certifications, technical work, and the choices that create a career one step at a time.

02

Recover

Burnout, rejection, failed ventures, and what it takes to move without pretending the hard parts did not happen.

03

Play the next shot

The lessons golf offers about judgment, patience, course management, and starting again from where the ball actually lies.

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About the author

Ryan Drumheller

Ryan is an IT executive, entrepreneur, author, and podcast host from Ovid, Michigan, now living in Lansing. Over more than two decades in technology, he has led teams across multiple industries and worked at the intersection of cybersecurity, digital transformation, business strategy, and people-first leadership.

He co-founded Dogleg Digital and hosts the Decline Invite podcast. Ryan began playing golf as an adult and found that the game gave him a practical way to think about leadership, setbacks, preparation, and recovery.

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What Ryan is building next

Dogleg Digital

A connected golf ecosystem being built in stages for course operators, golfers, instructors, vendors, creators, and other golf businesses.

See you on the back nine

Your next shot starts here.

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