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10 engineering leadership newsletters you need to know about
In an age where information is all too abundant, newsletters are a nice way to get the right insights for you and your leadership journey.
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Why AI is creating more demand for managers
New research suggests that the adoption of AI is adding layers to organizational hierarchies.
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4 ways to technically upskill engineers
Helping your mid-level reports achieve technical fluency will allow them to thrive.
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Strategies to hone commercial awareness and drive business outcomes
Learn effective strategies for enhancing commercial awareness in tech teams, turning engineering into a business driver through alignment, impactful initiatives, and stakeholder engagement.
Editor’s picks
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.
London • June 16 & 17, 2025
A festival of engineering leadership
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?
A festival of engineering leadership
London • June 16 & 17, 2025
More about Career development
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How to successfully lead your team through a downturn
Navigating the challenges of going from a boom time to a downturn is demanding, especially if this is your first time as a manager experiencing this sort of environment.
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Coding with clarity to improve developer experience
Writing more readable code and setting clear expectations can help reduce cognitive load, more consistently reach flow state, and build more effective feedback loops.
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How feature measurement promotes productivity and happiness
Measuring features can help software engineers release high-quality work in a psychologically safe environment.
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Stop working on islands as engineers
Software engineers can often find themselves working on an island, but this isn’t an effective route to success. Here’s how to build a raft, FaST, and get back on the mainland.
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Navigating competing priorities as an engineer
How can you prioritize when everyone’s ask is an urgency and you don’t have time to fit it all in?
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Ask Maria: How do I turn around a strained relationship with a peer?
My colleague and I just can’t seem to see eye to eye and I’m not sure how to improve our relationship. Can you help?
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Rethinking your engineering budget during a downturn
During a downturn, engineering managers must rethink their budgets, focus on running efficient services, and motivate their team through difficult times.
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How to communicate a decision you disagree with
A framework for understanding, and then communicating decisions you may disagree with to your team.
Top Career development videos
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How inclusive leaders stay current
Payam Azadi looks at how as senior leaders with busy lives and diverse teams, how can we best approach staying up to date? In this presentation, I’ll break down how to identify the right goals and opportunities for learning, and useful strategies you can use to reach them.
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Using principles of observability to drive your professional growth
As you grow in your career, it can be harder and harder to assess personal progress. When you’re a leader with larger goals and longer-term projects, feedback loops lengthen. By drawing on the same principles of observability that we use when building software, engineering leaders can shorten the feedback cycle and take a data-driven approach to guide their own professional growth.
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How to succeed as a frontend developer today
The frontend landscape is changing at an incredible rate – how do successful engineers keep up?
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Leading in context
Patrick Shields explores why Staff+ roles are rarely simple or static, how to adapt your role when things change, and what it means to grow in your own unique path.
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The promotion campaign
Without you leading a successful promotion campaign, that promotion is likely to fail, leaving you with disappointed engineers.
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Networking: The map is not the territory
When you’re looking to network and find peers while in a leadership position, it’s helpful to rethink some of our mental maps of how we position ourselves with others. Taking a different lens to the various folks around you — beyond titles and years of experience — can help widen your network and surprise you with different types of support you can gain.
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Enabling the motivated: Facilitating role switches smoothly
Ben Clayman describes how an engineering lead can identify prospective team members, enable them to gain experience in the proposed role, and ultimately make the switch.
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Leading with vulnerability: A practical guide
Christina Chan shares her personal journey with vulnerability, as she learned to reframe her discomfort as opportunities for growth and eventually find the courage to be vulnerable.