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How to grow your engineers into great leaders
Clear signals, habits, and opportunities that help individual contributors grow into effective managers long before the title changes.
Editor’s picks
Engineering leadership is not just about code
If you’re looking to move into an engineering leadership position, you’ll have to do more than brush up on code!
How to find and become a great engineering mentor
Mentoring is a great way to boost your career. Here’s everything you need to know about getting a mentor, and becoming one yourself.
How to navigate unexpected role changes
At one point or another, you may have to face an unexpected role change. It might not be what you want, but there are ways to make it work.
Berlin • November 9 & 10, 2026
LeadDev Berlin is two weeks away. Find what helps stretched teams keep going.
Essential reading
Learning to enjoy the career progression journey
Reaching a management position in the tech industry is hard work. It’s important to remember to enjoy the journey and celebrate victories big and small along the way.
On our Career development playlist
There and back again – A cautionary tale about entering middle management
Explore the realities of middle management through a journey of promotion, stress, and self-reflection, offering guidance on finding the right leadership path.
Unconventional paths in tech: Leveraging your strengths to find your place
n this talk, Mitra Raman will take a look at the many paths that engineers can take on their leadership journey.
Career vectors for technical leaders
Mix and match skills to become the best technical leader that you can be.
The path from Director to CTO: How to follow it, or how to mentor it
This talk is aimed at both aspiring Chief Technology Officers and those who are in a position to mentor future CTOs. Explore the journey from a Director of Engineering role to a CTO, focusing on the skills and experiences needed for this transition and how experienced leaders can guide others on this path.
Essential soft skills you need to succeed as an engineer
There is a big focus on technical expertise in software engineering – but soft skills are equally as important. Which ones are crucial to master and how can you do this?
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New York • September 8 & 9, 2027
More about Career development
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How to start leading as an individual contributor
If you’re looking to flex your people management muscles, here are some things you can get stuck into while still and IC.
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How to avoid complacency after success
It can be easy to sit back and bask in success. But it’s important not to linger in that feeling as it may impede future development.
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Ask Maria: How do I balance all my work without hiring?
During a time when headcounts are being reduced and workload is being increased, how can you effectively manage everything without hiring?
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How to develop your skillset for the AI era
How can you make sure that your skillset has got the competitive edge in this new age of AI? Constant personal growth is the key.
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The rise of the Chief AI Officer
As AI usage proliferates, more and more companies are putting a chief AI Officer in place.
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It’s time to take emotional intelligence more seriously
As AI encroaches further into the workplace, is emotional intelligence a more important skill than ever?
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10 essential books for new software engineering managers
If you’re a new manager and looking for some book recommendations, then look no further! We’ve got 10 reads that you can’t miss.
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Ask Mathias: How can I get my manager to consider me for new projects?
It can be frustrating when you want to be considered for more complex projects and you’re manager’s seemingly blocking you.
Top Career development videos
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Added to the List: How to build technical domain expertise
In this talk, we go over tips on how to land an opportunity that allows for technical domain exploration, how to efficiently learn from the experience, and how to utilize your new domain expertise for career growth.
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Role and Influence: The IC trajectory beyond Staff
As you become an increasingly senior IC, subtle changes in the scope of your role shape the kinds of influence you can have and are expected to have
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What is senior IC? Flavours of technical leadership
Although the Senior IC ladder is starting to become more defined why aren’t more people talking about this shift, and what does leadership actually look like as Senior IC?
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There and back again: why I entered and left management
Explore horizontal and diagonal role changes with a career lattice.
