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AI is changing the CTO role for the better (?)
How do industry leaders expect AI to change the foundations of their role?
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Interview tactics to find your footing in a chaotic job market
Navigating the current job market can feel daunting, but certain principles and internal guides can improve the process for you.
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How to stay adaptable as a staff+ engineer
During a period of marked change, how can staff engineers maintain flexibility?
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Leader or engineer? Navigating our technical identity crisis
Am I still technical enough? What does my team think?
Drawing from the hard-won lessons of a leadership initiative for 250 engineers, this talk uncovers unexpected truths in the conflict between technical depth and leadership.
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.
November 3 & 4, 2025
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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.
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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?
The conference for engineering leaders shaping the future of software
Berlin • November 3 & 4, 2025
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Knowing when it’s time to leave your job
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LeadDev editor’s picks: September 2023
August had us asking how the rise of AI-powered coding assistants could fundamentally change the role of the engineering manager, while also grappling with age-old challenges around managing challenging people and having productive 1:1 meetings.
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The reality of being an engineering fellow
Lessons learned from being promoted from distinguished engineer to fellow, including what the title means and what it is that I do.
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Building a learning culture to unlock developer thriving
Allowing developers to learn on the job can be difficult when the pressure is on, but research proves that a strong learning culture can help developers thrive.
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9 ways to build technical depth, fast
Understanding a new technical stack isn’t easy, but these nine activities can help you get there faster.
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Setting boundaries when you’re overworked
It can be difficult to set boundaries at work. Here are a few scenarios to show you how to do so, even if you’re worried about an unstable job market.
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Improve your learning culture with retrospectives
Nurturing healthy team learning cultures has never been more important for engineering leaders.
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LeadDev editor’s picks: May 2023
With so much talk about doing more with less during the month of April, we want to help engineers and managers make better use of their time. In no particular order, here are the five articles you need to read on LeadDev.
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Creating learning workshops for developers
Interactive workshops are the best way to engage teams and individuals and help everyone remember lessons learned.
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Scaling yourself as a senior engineering leader
You’ve built websites that scaled to millions of users, indexed terabytes of data, and created automatic deployments to thousands of nodes – but now you’re struggling to manage a handful of people.
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The Effective Engineer: Edmond Lau in conversation
In this session, Suzan Bond is joined by guest author Edmond Lau to explore how to access the mindsets that will make you truly effective.
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Career vectors for technical leaders
The more experience you gain as a technical leader the more varied the roles seem to get. Amongst this variation and complexity, how can we develop ourselves and others?
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The road to senior individual contributor
What is leadership in an individual contributor role and how does it differ from being a senior engineer?
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From manager to director and beyond
The most challenging career inflection point for a strong line manager is the move to director.
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Tips & tricks for your own personal development
A panel discussion on how to focus on your own personal development.
