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Red flags to watch out for during interviews

How to spot warning signs whether you’re a candidate or hiring manager.

Conference talks

Lena Reinhard LeadingEng Berlin 2024

Make it count; A no-nonsense guide to engineering metrics for the busy leader

Gain practical insights on engineering metrics that help busy leaders prioritize effectively, address delivery challenges, and measure team performance to maximize impact and productivity.

What your browser can teach you about software security

Explore how browsers securely handle untrusted code and uncover valuable lessons for designing robust systems from a security engineer’s perspective.

Tackling tech debt

Learn practical strategies from a seasoned CTO on managing tech debt effectively – when to embrace it, how to prioritize it, and turning it into growth.

Reports

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Content sponsored by O’Reilly

The Engineering Team Performance Report 2024

How do organizations measure their engineering team performance?

Content sponsored by Harness

The State of Feature Management and Experimentation

How are engineering teams releasing new features safely and successfully?

Upcoming webinars

festival of engineering leadership

London • June 16 & 17, 2025

Must read

Factorio and the promise of better software engineering

Just why is the complex factory-building video game so appealing to software developers and can it help them get better at their jobs?

How to measure the impact of engineering in 2025

As we look to 2025, here’s four trends to look out for when it comes to measuring developer productivity.

Who’s afraid of ghost jobs

The technology industry is haunted by them, but why do companies post ghost jobs and can managers do anything to exorcise them?

10 generative AI programming tools for developers

Here are some of the best AI programming tools for software developers to try today.

Automate tasks to reclaim your time in 2025

Automating those mundane, manual tasks in your day-to-day is a great way to save time and exercise your creativity.

On our LeadDev playlist

Effective communication: Mastering growth-oriented feedback

Discover strategies for delivering feedback that builds trust and openness. Learn science-backed techniques to make feedback constructive, approachable, and growth-focused, helping teams unlock their full potential.

Evan

Behind the scenes scaling ChatGPT

Evan Morikawa gives you a behind the scenes look at how we scaled ChatGPT and the OpenAI APIs. A story about staying nimble enough to release new capabilities and to respond quickly to a rapidly changing industry.

James Stanier Berlin 2022

Shopify’s remote working toolbox

This talk presents Shopify’s remote working toolbox, which is a collection of learnings, best practices and ideas for other leaders that are wishing to work and attract talent globally, but must fundamentally shift their culture to do so.

Career vectors for technical leaders

Mix and match skills to become the best technical leader that you can be.

A roadmap to working with your legacy codebases
Content sponsored by Swimm

A roadmap to working with your legacy codebases

Gain expert insights on modernizing legacy systems, improving developer satisfaction, streamlining discovery, and effectively documenting complex, large-scale codebases for better productivity and collaboration.