Summary
Erik Dietrich is a CEO and founder who turned a 14-year engineering and IT leadership career into Hit Subscribe, a niche marketing firm that helps companies reach software engineers through authentic, engineer-written content. With roots as a programmer, software architect, CIO, and consultant—and advanced degrees from Carnegie Mellon and UIUC—he blends deep technical credibility with content strategy to drive large-scale content programs and half-million monthly visitor goals. He also runs DaedTech, where he used custom static analysis to inform portfolio decisions and uplift teams, demonstrating a data-driven approach to developer productivity. A recovering consultant and cosmopolitan drifter based in Phoenix, Erik is notable for monetizing his prolific developer writing and turning those paid commissions into a scalable business serving enterprise content operations.
14 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Highland Park
MS Computer Science, MS Computer Science at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
BS Computer Science, BS Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University
English, Spanish