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From engineer to manager, told from both sides
Every leap from IC to EM is shaped by mentorship, missteps, and moments of clarity. Here’s a rare look at both sides of that journey.
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Be the best ally to your business development team
As a staff+ engineer, being the bridge between engineering and the business development team isn’t always straightforward.
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Crypto is hiring developers. Interested?
With tech hiring in a big freeze, crypto roles are looking more and more attractive to developers, but is it worth the risk?
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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
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.
London • June 16 & 17, 2025
Speakers Gergely Orosz, Camille Fournier
and Lara Hogan confirmed
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?
The festival of engineering leadership
London • June 16 & 17, 2025
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The unexpected learnings of a first-time tech lead
Give yourself time to get a handle on how to make decisions, delegate, lean into feedback, and rely on the flexible support of your engineering and product managers.
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Using experiments to bring security into your software development life cycle
It’s natural to want to bring new security practices into your SDLC, but embracing experiments will help you make the right calls for sustainable success.
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Is agile still the way forward?
Don’t fix what’s not broken, as the age-old adage goes. Agile has been around for a long time, but is it the most reliable process that managers can turn to during these volatile times?
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How tech leads can manage projects effectively
Ensure project success by taking the necessary factors into account before starting the project and throughout its progress.
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Communicating quickly, effectively, and inclusively
Why defaulting to public communication, being inclusive in your messaging, and providing all the necessary context can drive your engineering team forward.
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Becoming a force multiplier by influencing without seniority
You’re an engineer who’s got big ideas with team-wide potential – but there’s a limit to how much you can achieve by coding harder.
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Improve planning and ideation with divergent thinking
By questioning the foundations of our current systems and processes, divergent thinking can help us identify changes that substantially enhance productivity and effectiveness.
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What McKinsey got wrong about developer productivity
The consulting giant kicked a hornet’s nest when it launched a framework to measure software developer productivity. Here’s what engineers think they got wrong.
Top Career development videos
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How do you keep growing when you are the leader of the organization?
Develop a framework for you to keep improving your skillset while in a senior leadership role
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CSS: Cascading Support Systems
Phil Bennett talks about how he has adapted basic principles like Solution-Focused Brief Therapy and applied them to be able to support my managers, and their reports dealing with empathy at scale.
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Building a better bridge
Bryan Liles shares how he came to find out that he was a bridge builder and how that carried through his journey as a senior engineer to where he is today as a VP-level engineer in a public company.
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Understanding the role of a Distinguished engineer
Breaking down the responsibilities and overlap involved in the most senior individual contributor roles.
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Elastic Leadership: Roy Osherove in conversation
Values and techniques to consider in leadership roles.
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Standing out as a remote candidate
Learn what companies are looking for when hiring remote candidates.
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Setting the right strategic goals for your engineering org
Learn how to communicate key objectives both up and down.
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Leveraging Your Peers as a Staff Plus Engineer: Building Peer Groups
David Daly looks at how to Learn from your peers and help your peers learn (about peer groups)!