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How do I progress without a clear career ladder?
Help! As a new Director, it’s unclear what’s expected of me.
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Making executive onboarding a smooth journey
Some tips on how to onboard senior leaders and executives with relative ease, based on recent experience.
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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.
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.
November 4 & 5, 2025
The leadership conference for tech leads and engineering leaders.
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
Career vectors for technical leaders
Mix and match skills to become the best technical leader that you can be.
Their career: sponsored by you!
Strategies to move from an advisor to an investor in your reports’ careers
How to become a staff+ engineer
What do you need to be able to demonstrate to get promoted to a staff engineer?
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?
November 4 & 5, 2025
The leadership conference for tech leads and engineering leaders.
More about Career 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.
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Tech layoffs are making things worse for women in leadership
The recent wave of layoffs has left fewer women in leadership positions, can the trend be reversed?
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Researchers say generative AI isn’t replacing devs any time soon
AI skill threat has been building through the developer ranks…but is there anything to fear?
Top Career development videos
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The Many Shapes of a VP of Engineering
Emily will talk about different archetypes that are common for the VP of Engineering role, how to assess what type your organization needs, and how the role can evolve over time.
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Leaders building leaders: Mentoring staff+ engineers into powerhouses
Emily Thomas talks about how unraveling expectations, common challenges, setting clear career progression and de-mystifying communication between an engineering manager and Staff+ engineers is one of the most impactful ways to create a highly efficient team. Let’s talk about how to do just that.
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Putting power into practice as a Staff+ engineer
Matthew Hawthorne discusses how, as a Staff+ engineer, you may not have as much power as you’d like within your organization. But you probably have more power than you realize.
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How to better understand business context as a StaffPlus engineer
Learn to be aware of the overall needs of your organization to contextualize and prioritize your workload
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How to be right when it counts: 7 tools for making better decisions: Sho Soboyejo in conversation
Identify when being right is important, and when it’s not
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How not to lose friends and alienate yourself: Learnings from a journey to Staff Engineer
Waheed El Miladi reflects on his journey to Staff Engineer and discusses some of the personal pitfalls and unexpected challenges he encountered while moving through roles and the personal skills and strategies I’ve developed to address them.
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How to navigate uncertainty as a senior individual contributor
What is the process for determining where your expertise and efforts would be most valuable?
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How to gain the right visibility across your teams as a busy manager
Having the right visibility into your teams is critical to being a supportive leader