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Claude Code creator says developers will become builders. Do they agree?
Is the engineer becoming extinct?
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How to grow your engineers into great leaders
Clear signals, habits, and opportunities that help individual contributors grow into effective managers long before the title changes.
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.
New York • September 15 & 16, 2026
Delivering AI results without a playbook?
Find what’s working at LDX3
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 for modern engineering leadership
New York • September 15 & 16, 2026
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What engineering managers need to know for 2025
Here are 9 things you need to know as we move into 2025.
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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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4 ways to technically upskill engineers
Helping your mid-level reports achieve technical fluency will allow them to thrive.
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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.
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Keep calm and code on in the face of bugs
Bugs making their way into the system may feel like a sting to a developer. But, letting go of defensiveness can bring many advantages!
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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.
Top Career development videos
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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.
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Building effective relationships
Mike McQuaid discusses the three types of relationships critical to cultivate: mentor, mentee and peer, how to decide which relationships to invest in vs move on from, how to use these relationships to improve your career, your success and work and build up everyone surrounding you and how to still do this when remote or timezone separated from your coworkers.
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Effective engineering leadership growth
In this talk Bruno will share tactics on getting constructive feedback from peers, learning from new mentors and the strategies you can use use to keep growing your skills and expertise as an engineering leader.
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How to keep learning in leadership
This talk will dive into strategies you can use for staying technical while being a leader of the organization and as well give you tools to identify the areas that you need to be up to date on and what can you manage without knowledge.