{"id":435,"date":"2024-03-26T15:51:29","date_gmt":"2024-03-26T15:51:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/leaddev-new-york-2024\/?page_id=435"},"modified":"2026-05-13T15:06:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T15:06:14","slug":"agenda","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/leaddev-new-york\/agenda\/","title":{"rendered":"Agenda"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"--agenda-background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--primary); --agenda-column-count: 4; --agenda-mobile-row-count: 2; --agenda-time-rows: 121;\" class=\"ld-agenda  no-times   alignfull wp-block-pbc-agenda has-background has-primary-background-color\" data-view=\"compressed\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"ld-agenda__day-tabs\" data-current-tab=\"1\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-agenda-day-tab wp-block-pbc-single-day-tab\">\n<a href='#Agenda_1_Day_1'>\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-tertiary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2ec16e7792730ec695abd37350e1245e\" 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Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Staff+<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Tech Lead<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Introducing your host: David Yee<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>A welcome from the host<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor contributor-credit\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image contributor-credit__photo\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/david-yee\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_400,h_400\/next\/2020\/08\/David-Yee-2.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor-credit__details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div 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As an engineering leader, he\u2019s built and scaled teams at both small and enormous companies in the worlds of journalism, music, and art\u2014with an emphasis on product-oriented engineering and humane management.<\/p>\n<p>His career has included roles as Chief Architect and co-founder at 20&#215;200, co-founder and CTO at Editorially, and Engineering Director of Chorus at Vox Media<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/david-yee\/\" class=\"session-contributor__profile-link\">View David&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #ff326e; --grid-column: 1;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"3030\" data-tax-session-topic=\"technical-direction\" data-tax-session-type=\"talk\" data-tax-session-level=\"director,experienced-manager,staff,tech-lead\">\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Director+<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Experienced Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Staff+<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Tech Lead<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">The state of the software engineering industry<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>A candid view on where software and AI engineering are heading, what the signals actually suggest, and what it means for teams and careers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor contributor-credit\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image contributor-credit__photo\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/gergely-orosz\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_400,h_400\/next\/2021\/09\/Gergely-Orosz.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor-credit__details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor-credit__details--primary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name contributor-credit__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/gergely-orosz\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGergely Orosz\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company contributor-credit__item contributor-credit__employer has-separator-dot--before\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Pragmatic Engineer\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor-credit__details contributor-credit__details--secondary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role contributor-credit__item contributor-credit__job-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAuthor\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"3030\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"3030\" class=\"ld-card__modal\" closedby=\"any\" popover>\n\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #ff326e;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus>close<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>The state of the software engineering industry<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-time\">\n\t\t\t\t12:00 &#8211; 12:00\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Director+<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Experienced Manager<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Staff+<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Tech Lead<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Few people have better visibility into what is actually happening across the industry right now than Gergely Orosz. The author behind The Pragmatic Engineer \u2013 the No. 1 technology newsletter on Substack, with over 1.1 million subscribers \u2013 spends his time talking to engineers and leaders inside Big Tech and high-growth startups.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In this talk, Gergely will give his candid read on where software and AI engineering are heading: how the landscape is shifting, what it means for teams and careers, and what the signals actually suggest.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"session-contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item session-contributor'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/gergely-orosz\/\" class=\"session-contributor__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2021\/09\/Gergely-Orosz-300x300.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__details\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__label has-small-font-size\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"session-contributor__name has-medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/gergely-orosz\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGergely Orosz\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-contributor__role  has-small-font-size\">Author<\/span><span class=\"session-contributor__company has-separator-dot--before has-small-font-size\">The Pragmatic Engineer<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Gergely is a long-time engineer turned engineering manager living in Amsterdam.\u00a0Gergely frequently blogs about engineering, management and distributed systems on <a href=\"http:\/\/pragmaticengineer.com\/\">PragmaticEngineer.com<\/a>. He is currently writing a book on growing as a software engineer, within tech companies.<\/p>\n<p>He formerly was headed up mobile, web and distributed systems teams at Uber, within the Uber Money team.<\/p>\n<p>As an engineer, he\u2019s worked across the stack, doing mobile (Android, iOS, Windows Phone), web, backend and thick client development through his decade-long developer career. Before Uber, he built new apps at Skyscanner, shipped Skype for Xbox One and Skype for Web at Microsoft, and built trading software at JP Morgan.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/gergely-orosz\/\" class=\"session-contributor__profile-link\">View Gergely&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #ff326e; --grid-column: 1;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"3029\" data-tax-session-topic=\"management\" data-tax-session-type=\"talk\" data-tax-session-level=\"director,experienced-manager,new-manager\">\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Director+<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Experienced Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>New Manager<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">The manager&#8217;s path in the age of AI<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Which management skills AI is genuinely changing, which stay non-negotiable, and how to tell the difference.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor contributor-credit\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image contributor-credit__photo\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/camille-fournier\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_400,h_400\/next\/2020\/08\/Camille-Fournier.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor-credit__details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor-credit__details--primary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name contributor-credit__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/camille-fournier\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCamille Fournier\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor-credit__details contributor-credit__details--secondary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role contributor-credit__item contributor-credit__job-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVP of Engineering &amp; Author\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"3029\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"3029\" class=\"ld-card__modal\" closedby=\"any\" popover>\n\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #ff326e;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus>close<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>The manager&#039;s path in the age of AI<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-time\">\n\t\t\t\t12:00 &#8211; 12:00\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Director+<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Experienced Manager<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">New Manager<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Camille Fournier has spent her career defining what great engineering leadership looks like. Nearly ten years after she published the seminal book The Manager&#8217;s Path, she&#8217;s now turning her attention to the question most managers are quietly wrestling with: what does AI actually change about the job?<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In this talk, Camille cuts through the noise to look at where things are genuinely shifting, which skills stay non-negotiable regardless of the tooling around you, and how to tell the difference between changes worth paying attention to and the ones that probably aren&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"session-contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item session-contributor'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/camille-fournier\/\" class=\"session-contributor__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2020\/08\/Camille-Fournier-300x300.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__details\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__label has-small-font-size\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"session-contributor__name has-medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/camille-fournier\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCamille Fournier\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-contributor__role  has-small-font-size\">VP of Engineering &amp; Author<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Camille is an engineering executive and the author of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oreilly.com\/library\/view\/platform-engineering\/9781098153632\/\"><em>Platform Engineering<\/em><\/a> (O&#8217;Reilly), co-written with Ian Nowland, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oreilly.com\/library\/view\/the-managers-path\/9781491973882\/\">The Manager\u2019s Path<\/a> (<\/em>O&#8217;Reilly<em>)<\/em>, and the editor of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oreilly.com\/library\/view\/97-things-every\/9781492050896\/\"><em>97 Things Everyone Should Know About Engineering Management<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/camille-fournier\/\" class=\"session-contributor__profile-link\">View Camille&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #ff326e; --grid-column: 1;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"3034\" data-tax-session-topic=\"technical-direction\" data-tax-session-type=\"talk\" data-tax-session-level=\"experienced-manager,staff,tech-lead\">\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Experienced Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Staff+<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Tech Lead<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">What handcrafted servers taught us about handcrafted code<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Whether AI-generated code should be treated as disposable, what the shift to immutable infrastructure taught us, and how those lessons apply to the way teams write and maintain code today.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor contributor-credit\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image contributor-credit__photo\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/charity-majors\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_400,h_400\/next\/2020\/12\/Charity-Majors.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor-credit__details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor-credit__details--primary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name contributor-credit__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/charity-majors\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCharity Majors\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company contributor-credit__item contributor-credit__employer has-separator-dot--before\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHoneycomb\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor-credit__details contributor-credit__details--secondary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role contributor-credit__item contributor-credit__job-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCo-Founder &amp; CTO\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"3034\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"3034\" class=\"ld-card__modal\" closedby=\"any\" popover>\n\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #ff326e;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus>close<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>What handcrafted servers taught us about handcrafted code<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-time\">\n\t\t\t\t12:00 &#8211; 12:00\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Experienced Manager<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Staff+<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Tech Lead<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The cost of software has always been about the cost of its maintenance. Until recently, code was so time-consuming and difficult to produce and maintain that all our research was focused on making code easier to understand, and all our practices and rituals were centered around a slow, steady drip of small changes to a baseline assumed to be good&#8211;the durable code model. That model has been upended in the past few months, since AI can now generate code approximately as good as that of the median software engineer. Does this mean all software can and should be replaced by disposable code? What lessons should we take from the immutable infrastructure revolution of the last decade, and how should they guide us today?<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"session-contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item session-contributor'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/charity-majors\/\" class=\"session-contributor__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2020\/12\/Charity-Majors-300x300.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__details\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__label has-small-font-size\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"session-contributor__name has-medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/charity-majors\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCharity Majors\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-contributor__role  has-small-font-size\">Co-Founder &amp; CTO<\/span><span class=\"session-contributor__company has-separator-dot--before has-small-font-size\">Honeycomb<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Charity Majors is the co-founder and CTO of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/honeycomb.io\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/honeycomb.io&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1736409797839000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2x-8aeE_L0xiu8Nm2SpEhJ\">honeycomb.io<\/a>. She pioneered the concept of modern Observability, drawing on her years of experience building and managing massive distributed systems at Parse (acquired by Facebook), Facebook, and Linden Lab building Second Life. She is the co-author of Observability Engineering and Database Reliability Engineering (O&#8217;Reilly). She loves free speech, free software and single malt scotch.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/charity-majors\/\" class=\"session-contributor__profile-link\">View Charity&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #ff326e; --grid-column: 1;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"3032\" data-tax-session-topic=\"management\" data-tax-session-type=\"talk\" data-tax-session-level=\"director,experienced-manager,staff,tech-lead\">\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Director+<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Experienced Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Staff+<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Tech Lead<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Re-engineering the software development playbook<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>How AI is shifting bottlenecks upstream as implementation costs near zero, and what that means for planning, communication, and where engineering expertise now sits.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor contributor-credit\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image contributor-credit__photo\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/marcel-weekes-2\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_1775,h_1775\/next\/2026\/03\/Marcel-Weekes-VP-Software-Engineering-scaled-e1778459774649.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor-credit__details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor-credit__details--primary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name contributor-credit__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/marcel-weekes-2\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMarcel Weekes\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company contributor-credit__item contributor-credit__employer has-separator-dot--before\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFigma\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor-credit__details contributor-credit__details--secondary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role contributor-credit__item contributor-credit__job-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVP of Product Engineering\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"3032\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"3032\" class=\"ld-card__modal\" closedby=\"any\" popover>\n\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #ff326e;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus>close<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>Re-engineering the software development playbook<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-time\">\n\t\t\t\t12:00 &#8211; 12:00\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Director+<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Experienced Manager<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Staff+<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Tech Lead<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>AI isn\u2019t just making engineers faster\u2014it\u2019s shifting the bottlenecks upstream.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As the cost of implementation nears zero, the challenge lies in deciding what to build, how it all fits together, and how to trust what you ship.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The entire playbook as we know it is being actively rewritten as the software development lifecycle collapses. Planning and communication take on new weight. Engineers move closer to design. Expertise shifts from writing code to shaping intent and maintaining system integrity at scale.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This talk explores the second- and third-order effects of the AI adoption curve, and how teams at Figma are experimenting in real time, making decisions, and building products for the next chapter of the software development playbook.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"session-contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item session-contributor'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/marcel-weekes-2\/\" class=\"session-contributor__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1775\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2026\/03\/Marcel-Weekes-VP-Software-Engineering-scaled-e1778459774649-300x300.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__details\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__label has-small-font-size\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"session-contributor__name has-medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/marcel-weekes-2\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMarcel Weekes\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-contributor__role  has-small-font-size\">VP of Product Engineering<\/span><span class=\"session-contributor__company has-separator-dot--before has-small-font-size\">Figma<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Marcel Weekes is the VP of Product Engineering at Figma, where he oversees product and growth engineering efforts across Figma&#8217;s entire platform. Marcel brings decades of experience and previously served as the VP of Engineering at Slack where he led the teams building Messaging features and Slack Connect.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/marcel-weekes-2\/\" class=\"session-contributor__profile-link\">View Marcel&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #ff326e; --grid-column: 1;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"3031\" data-tax-session-topic=\"leadership\" data-tax-session-type=\"talk\" data-tax-session-level=\"director\">\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Director+<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Reclaiming the edge: High-performance leadership in a shifting market<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>How to conduct a ruthless self-assessment, build the right relationships, and take command of your own leadership development at the Director+ level.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor contributor-credit\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image contributor-credit__photo\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/nivia-henry\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_400,h_400\/next\/2021\/09\/Nivia-Henry.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor-credit__details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor-credit__details--primary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name contributor-credit__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/nivia-henry\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNivia Henry\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company contributor-credit__item contributor-credit__employer has-separator-dot--before\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNetflix\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor-credit__details contributor-credit__details--secondary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role contributor-credit__item contributor-credit__job-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEngineering Director\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"3031\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"3031\" class=\"ld-card__modal\" closedby=\"any\" popover>\n\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #ff326e;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus>close<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>Reclaiming the edge: High-performance leadership in a shifting market<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-time\">\n\t\t\t\t12:00 &#8211; 12:00\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Director+<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The higher you climb, the quieter the feedback loop becomes. At the Director+ level, your technical output is no longer your currency\u2014your brand, your influence, and your ability to reinvent yourself are. In an era of market volatility and GenAI disruption, coasting is the fastest way to become obsolete.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This session is a high-impact workshop on radical self-reclamation. We will explore:<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li><strong>The Honest Audit:<\/strong> How to conduct a ruthless self-assessment when your directs and peers are too polite (or too scared) to tell you the truth.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li><strong>Strategic Connection:<\/strong> Moving beyond &#8220;networking&#8221; to building a cabinet of rivals and mentors who challenge your status quo.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li><strong>Executive Presence 2.0:<\/strong> Upleveling your personal brand and using GenAI as a force multiplier for your strategic thinking, not just your task list.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li><strong>The Coaching Mindset:<\/strong> How to seek out and leverage high-level coaching to navigate the psychological shifts of senior leadership.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li><strong>The Bottom Line:<\/strong> Don\u2019t wait for the organization to grow you. Take command of your own leadership roadmap.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"session-contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item session-contributor'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/nivia-henry\/\" class=\"session-contributor__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2021\/09\/Nivia-Henry-300x300.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__details\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__label has-small-font-size\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"session-contributor__name has-medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/nivia-henry\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNivia Henry\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-contributor__role  has-small-font-size\">Engineering Director<\/span><span class=\"session-contributor__company has-separator-dot--before has-small-font-size\">Netflix<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"ltr\">Nivia is a technologist with over 20 years of engineering and leadership experience.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Her career path has included nearly every role in tech; but her true passion is inspiring people to do their best work.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">These days Nivia applies her talents as the Defiantly Sparkly Director of Engineering for Netflix\u2019s Growth Product Experiences; the organization that enables Netflix\u2019s multibillion dollar commerce and subscription business. Prior to that she spent 8 years at Spotify, building ads and listener experiences.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Nivia gives back to the tech community by speaking at, chairing and attending tech conferences.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Her hobbies include: mentoring Black engineering leaders; reading; and relaxing on her farm with her hubby Andre and their feline overlord Zuko.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/nivia-henry\/\" class=\"session-contributor__profile-link\">View Nivia&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #ff326e; --grid-column: 1;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"3035\" data-tax-session-topic=\"management\" data-tax-session-type=\"talk\" data-tax-session-level=\"experienced-manager,new-manager,tech-lead\">\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Experienced Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>New Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Tech Lead<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Honing the right engineering skills in the age of AI<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>How to design work, coaching, and expectations so engineers grow in the areas where human judgment still outperforms AI.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor contributor-credit\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image contributor-credit__photo\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/kaya-thomas\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_400,h_400\/next\/2026\/03\/Kaya-Thomas.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor-credit__details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor-credit__details--primary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name contributor-credit__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/kaya-thomas\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tKaya Thomas\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company contributor-credit__item contributor-credit__employer has-separator-dot--before\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPost Hog \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor-credit__details contributor-credit__details--secondary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role contributor-credit__item contributor-credit__job-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTechnical Customer Success Manager\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"3035\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"3035\" class=\"ld-card__modal\" closedby=\"any\" popover>\n\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #ff326e;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus>close<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>Honing the right engineering skills in the age of AI<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-time\">\n\t\t\t\t12:00 &#8211; 12:00\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Experienced Manager<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">New Manager<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Tech Lead<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For many engineers, the traditional early-career path started with bug bashes and small fixes. In the new world of AI, that path isn&#8217;t as necessary or helpful to junior engineers. This talk reframes early-career skill development, in an era where AI can write a lot of code but still struggles with context, systems, and impact. We\u2019ll explore three foundational capabilities engineers and leaders should intentionally cultivate: human-centered engineering (deeply understanding user problems and impact), systems thinking (owning how complex systems fit together across boundaries), and data modeling (designing and owning the data foundations of your product). Attendees will learn how to design work, coaching, and expectations so that engineers grow in the areas where humans provide enduring leverage over AI.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"session-contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item session-contributor'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/kaya-thomas\/\" class=\"session-contributor__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2026\/03\/Kaya-Thomas-300x300.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__details\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__label has-small-font-size\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"session-contributor__name has-medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/kaya-thomas\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tKaya Thomas\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-contributor__role  has-small-font-size\">Technical Customer Success Manager<\/span><span class=\"session-contributor__company has-separator-dot--before has-small-font-size\">Post Hog <\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>Kaya is a software engineer and serial founder with a decade of experience building products at companies like Slack and Calm.<\/div>\n<p>She is the founder of Milk Diary, a privacy-first mobile app supporting new parents through infant feeding, and We Read Too, a book discovery app for kids that showcased authors and characters of color.<\/p>\n<p>Kaya is a technical writer with bylines in TechCrunch, Smashing Magazine and Increment, and a contributing author in O&#8217;Reilly Media\u2019s\u00a0<i>97 Things Every Engineering Manager Should Know<\/i>. She holds a CS degree from Dartmouth and an MBA and Masters in Engineering from MIT.<\/p>\n<p>When she&#8217;s not building, she enjoys mentoring young women and girls, reading, and spending time with her family.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/kaya-thomas\/\" class=\"session-contributor__profile-link\">View Kaya&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #ff326e; --grid-column: 1;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"3040\" data-tax-session-topic=\"communication\" data-tax-session-type=\"talk\" data-tax-session-level=\"director,experienced-manager,new-manager\">\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Director+<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Experienced Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>New Manager<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">The 30 minute MBA for engineering leaders<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>The business fundamentals that help engineering leaders understand the financial and commercial forces that shape their work, and engage as partners rather than order-takers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor contributor-credit\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image contributor-credit__photo\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/emily-nakashima\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_800,h_800\/next\/2021\/06\/Emily-Nakashima-LeadDev.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor-credit__details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor-credit__details--primary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name contributor-credit__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/emily-nakashima\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEmily Nakashima\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company contributor-credit__item contributor-credit__employer has-separator-dot--before\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHoneycomb\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor-credit__details contributor-credit__details--secondary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role contributor-credit__item contributor-credit__job-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSVP of Engineering\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"3040\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"3040\" class=\"ld-card__modal\" closedby=\"any\" popover>\n\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #ff326e;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus>close<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>The 30 minute MBA for engineering leaders<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-time\">\n\t\t\t\t12:00 &#8211; 12:00\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Director+<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Experienced Manager<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">New Manager<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Technology is supposed to be the innovation engine of modern companies, but so often technical teams and business-oriented teams don&#8217;t speak each other&#8217;s language.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Engineering leaders end up sidelined and act as order-takers, instead of working hand in hand with other functions to come up with the best approach to the company&#8217;s greatest challenges.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This rarely a fundamental misalignment; it&#8217;s a translation problem. We just don&#8217;t speak each other&#8217;s language or focus on the same concerns.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>What if we could incorporate the tool tools into our tool belts that help us understand and think like finance, operations, sales, and marketing leaders?<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Emily will highlight the business fundamentals from her MBA program that have most helped her as an SVP of Engineering, helping audience members to recognize and engage with the business forces that invisibly shape our engineering work.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-key-takeaways\">Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Time value of money: How to reason about interest rates and the time value of money and make smart business decisions in the post-ZIRP area<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Think like finance: how accounting and finance concerns invisibly shape our engineering practices, and how we can respond<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Negotiations: tested, ethical approaches to negotiating, for job offers, software contracts, and more<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>The trust equation, and tips on building trust with cross-functional stakeholders you may not understand well<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"session-contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item session-contributor'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/emily-nakashima\/\" class=\"session-contributor__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2021\/06\/Emily-Nakashima-LeadDev-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__details\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__label has-small-font-size\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"session-contributor__name has-medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/emily-nakashima\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEmily Nakashima\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-contributor__role  has-small-font-size\">SVP of Engineering<\/span><span class=\"session-contributor__company has-separator-dot--before has-small-font-size\">Honeycomb<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Emily is the SVP of Engineering at Honeycomb, a SaaS observability startup. In this role, she oversees the company\u2019s software engineering, security, and IT functions and is part of the executive team, helping to drive overall company strategy. As a software engineer, Emily focused on monitoring and observability, frontend development, performance optimization, and developer tooling. A committed generalist, Emily spends time outside of work on a range of causes, from advocating for racial justice as part of multiple Japanese American\/Nikkei organizations to supporting disaster preparedness via her local Community Emergency Response Team (CERT).<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/emily-nakashima\/\" class=\"session-contributor__profile-link\">View Emily&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #ff326e; --grid-column: 1;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"3033\" data-tax-session-topic=\"leadership\" data-tax-session-type=\"talk\" data-tax-session-level=\"director,experienced-manager,staff\">\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Director+<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Experienced Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Staff+<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">114 miles to the final cut<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>How Walter Murch edited a major motion picture on a $999 tool nobody believed in, and what that approach offers anyone trying to lead through a wave of technological disruption.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor contributor-credit\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image contributor-credit__photo\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/nickolas-means\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_400,h_400\/next\/2020\/07\/Nickolas-Means-1-copy.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor-credit__details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor-credit__details--primary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name contributor-credit__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/nickolas-means\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNick Means\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company contributor-credit__item contributor-credit__employer has-separator-dot--before\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tShopify\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor-credit__details contributor-credit__details--secondary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role contributor-credit__item contributor-credit__job-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEngineering Manager \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"3033\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"3033\" class=\"ld-card__modal\" closedby=\"any\" popover>\n\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #ff326e;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus>close<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>114 miles to the final cut<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-time\">\n\t\t\t\t12:00 &#8211; 12:00\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Director+<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Experienced Manager<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Staff+<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In the spring of 2002, Walter Murch, a three-time Oscar winner and the most respected film editor alive, got news he wasn&#8217;t expecting. He had just persuaded the producers of Cold Mountain to let him edit the film entirely on Apple&#8217;s Final Cut Pro, something no one had ever attempted on a major motion picture. Now Apple was telling him the software wasn&#8217;t up to the task, and they couldn&#8217;t support him if he proceeded.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Murch did it anyway. His team packed up a rack of off-the-shelf Macs, shipped them to the set in Romania, and built an editing system from scratch in a country where nobody could help them if it broke.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Murch bet his reputation on a $999 tool that not even its maker thought was ready. But that didn&#8217;t matter, because Murch was ready. The way he pulled this off is a pretty good blueprint for anyone looking to ride a wave of disruption instead of getting swept aside by it.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"session-contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item session-contributor'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/nickolas-means\/\" class=\"session-contributor__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2020\/07\/Nickolas-Means-1-copy-300x300.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__details\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__label has-small-font-size\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"session-contributor__name has-medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/nickolas-means\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNick Means\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-contributor__role  has-small-font-size\">Engineering Manager <\/span><span class=\"session-contributor__company has-separator-dot--before has-small-font-size\">Shopify<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Nickolas Means loves nothing more than a story of engineering triumph (except maybe a story of engineering disaster). He\u2019s a student of building healthy culture for technical teams and thinks we have a lot to learn from those who have come before us. He hails from Austin, TX, and spends his spare time hanging out with his wife and kids, building keyboards, and pursuing the perfect cup of coffee.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/nickolas-means\/\" class=\"session-contributor__profile-link\">View Nick&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #ff326e; --grid-column: 1;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"3041\" data-tax-session-topic=\"management\" data-tax-session-type=\"talk\" data-tax-session-level=\"director,experienced-manager,new-manager\">\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Director+<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Experienced Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>New Manager<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">I thought my team knew what mattered<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Why people don&#8217;t build connection to their work from what you say at all-hands, and how to translate what matters into something that sticks week to week.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor contributor-credit\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image contributor-credit__photo\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/melody-olson\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_800,h_800\/next\/2026\/05\/Melody-Olson.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor-credit__details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor-credit__details--primary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name contributor-credit__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/melody-olson\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMelody Olson\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company contributor-credit__item contributor-credit__employer has-separator-dot--before\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMelody Olson LLC\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor-credit__details contributor-credit__details--secondary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role contributor-credit__item contributor-credit__job-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEngineering Leadership Advisor\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"3041\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"3041\" class=\"ld-card__modal\" closedby=\"any\" popover>\n\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #ff326e;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus>close<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>I thought my team knew what mattered<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-time\">\n\t\t\t\t12:00 &#8211; 12:00\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Director+<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Experienced Manager<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">New Manager<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I was at a podium in front of 30+ engineers, lighting up about everything we were building. If you had asked me whether my team knew what was important, I would have said absolutely.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A week later, an engineer two levels down booked my office hours and told me something that changed how I lead: people don&#8217;t know what you care about.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>That moment made me rethink how I led. People don&#8217;t build connection to their work from what you say at all-hands. They build it from where you spend your time, what you ask about, what you celebrate. And that proof decays with time.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>You draw the line on Monday and it&#8217;s fading by end of the week.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>But some leaders got this right. In the years that followed, I watched it happen inside my own organization: a director who ran a workshop his leads were skeptical about, and it endured long after the roadmap changed. A manager who brought partner teams in to present what they&#8217;d built, then connected it live: &#8220;You&#8217;re able to do that because we piped through this data.&#8221;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Meaning was translated at every level, continuously, not as a message but as a practice.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I also learned that meaning didn&#8217;t require a noble mission. One leader I interviewed described making build automation feel urgent through radical honesty about competition, bonuses, and a concrete challenge: their system supported 70 branches. Could they get to 200? They hit 230.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Years earlier, she had watched a different team sleep at their desks, not because anyone pushed them, but because the stakes had become impossible to ignore.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This talk is about how leaders make meaning real for their teams, not once, but every week. Through stories from 17 years leading engineering teams at Google and interviews with leaders across the industry.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-key-takeaways\">Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:list {\"ordered\":true} -->\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Most leaders overestimate how well their team understands what matters, saying it from the front of the room isn&#8217;t enough.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>People build meaning from where you spend your time, what you ask about, and what you celebrate. That understanding decays faster than you think.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Meaning doesn&#8217;t require a noble mission. Leaders who find what&#8217;s real and make it visible can make build automation feel as urgent as a moonshot.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>The connection between daily work and why it matters has to be translated at every level: a director, a senior manager, and a front-line manager each do different but similar work to close the gap.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Making meaning land isn&#8217;t a one-time message: it&#8217;s a practice leaders maintain or it fades. It takes gardening.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ol>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"session-contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item session-contributor'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/melody-olson\/\" class=\"session-contributor__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2026\/05\/Melody-Olson-300x300.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__details\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__label has-small-font-size\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"session-contributor__name has-medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/melody-olson\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMelody Olson\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-contributor__role  has-small-font-size\">Engineering Leadership Advisor<\/span><span class=\"session-contributor__company has-separator-dot--before has-small-font-size\">Melody Olson LLC<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Melody Olson spent 17+ years at Google in Ads and Maps, most recently as a Senior Engineering Director leading 220+ person teams. She led teams through multiple product cycles, organizational redesigns, and technology transitions, including AI-first solutions for geospatial understanding and foundational data systems serving Google Maps&#8217; 2B+ users. Melody is writing Activate, a book on how leaders build teams that move fast and build what matters, drawing on interviews with senior leaders at Google, Netflix, NVIDIA, Datadog, Anthropic, Apple and beyond.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/melody-olson\/\" class=\"session-contributor__profile-link\">View Melody&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #ff326e; --grid-column: 1;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"3038\" data-tax-session-topic=\"technical-direction\" data-tax-session-type=\"talk\" data-tax-session-level=\"experienced-manager,staff,tech-lead\">\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Experienced Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Staff+<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Tech Lead<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Ms. Frizzle would be a great SRE<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Five frameworks from a century of education research that map directly to eval design for AI agents, and why building the eval system before the product changes everything.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor contributor-credit\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image contributor-credit__photo\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/andrew-zigler\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_800,h_800\/next\/2026\/05\/Andrew-Zigler.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor-credit__details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor-credit__details--primary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name contributor-credit__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/andrew-zigler\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAndrew Zigler\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company contributor-credit__item contributor-credit__employer has-separator-dot--before\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLinearB\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor-credit__details contributor-credit__details--secondary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role contributor-credit__item contributor-credit__job-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGTM Engineer\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"3038\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"3038\" class=\"ld-card__modal\" closedby=\"any\" popover>\n\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #ff326e;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus>close<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>Ms. Frizzle would be a great SRE<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-time\">\n\t\t\t\t12:00 &#8211; 12:00\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Experienced Manager<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Staff+<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Tech Lead<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Education researchers have spent a century figuring out how to build environments where complex, unpredictable systems self-correct through structured feedback. Software engineers building AI agents are solving the exact same problem from scratch and ignoring all of it.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This talk bridges that gap. I&#8217;m a former classroom teacher turned AI engineer, and I&#8217;ll walk you through five pedagogical frameworks that map directly to eval design patterns for AI agents: backward design (define success criteria before you build), formative assessment (eval continuously, not just at the end), rubric design (multi-dimensional scoring instead of pass\/fail), error analysis (categorize failure modes because same symptom doesn&#8217;t mean same cause), and differentiated feedback (the agent, the user, and the knowledge base each need their own signal channel).<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>What ties them together is back pressure: each framework is a way to capture signal from problems and route it to where it drives change. That&#8217;s what makes a system self-correcting instead of just self-reporting.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Most engineering teams building AI agents design the system first and bolt on evaluation after. I think that&#8217;s backwards. The eval system should come first because it defines what &#8220;correct&#8221; looks like, and once you have that, you&#8217;ve given the system the ability to feel its own failures and iterate on them.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I&#8217;ve applied this methodology to production RAG agents and AI hackathons alike. The core insight is simple: the best eval systems aren&#8217;t tests, they&#8217;re environments. And nobody knows more about designing those environments than teachers.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This talk gives engineering leaders a concrete framework for building AI systems that steer themselves through structured feedback, drawn from a discipline most of us left behind after graduation.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-key-takeaways\">Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Backward design from education theory gives you a concrete methodology for eval-first AI architecture: define success criteria before building the system.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Pass\/fail evaluation destroys information; multi-dimensional rubric design from pedagogy produces the granular signal agents need to self-correct.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Back pressure is the connecting principle: every pedagogical framework in this talk is a mechanism for capturing signal from problems and routing it upstream before those problems harden into production incidents.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>AI agent interactions have three participants (agent, user, knowledge base) and each needs its own feedback channel; most teams only instrument the agent.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>The eval system isn&#8217;t a test suite you bolt on at the end; it&#8217;s the steering wheel, and it should be the first thing you build.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"session-contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item session-contributor'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/andrew-zigler\/\" class=\"session-contributor__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2026\/05\/Andrew-Zigler-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__details\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__label has-small-font-size\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"session-contributor__name has-medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/andrew-zigler\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAndrew Zigler\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-contributor__role  has-small-font-size\">GTM Engineer<\/span><span class=\"session-contributor__company has-separator-dot--before has-small-font-size\">LinearB<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Andrew Zigler is an engineer at LinearB and the host of Dev Interrupted, where 40k+ builders decode the AI-native transition alongside engineering leaders and AI experts from OpenAI, AWS, Google, IBM, GitHub, Salesforce, Vercel, Zapier, and Shopify, and more.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/andrew-zigler\/\" class=\"session-contributor__profile-link\">View Andrew&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #ff326e; --grid-column: 1;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"3036\" data-tax-session-topic=\"management\" data-tax-session-type=\"talk\" data-tax-session-level=\"experienced-manager,new-manager\">\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Experienced Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>New Manager<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Learning to see: Visualising the systems that drive your team<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Visualization techniques (scatter plots, value stream maps, investment reports) that reveal where your team&#8217;s work is actually getting stuck before you try to fix it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor contributor-credit\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image contributor-credit__photo\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/francisco-trindade\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_400,h_400\/next\/2022\/06\/Francisco-Tridade.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor-credit__details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor-credit__details--primary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name contributor-credit__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/francisco-trindade\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFrancisco Trindade\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company contributor-credit__item contributor-credit__employer has-separator-dot--before\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBraze\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor-credit__details contributor-credit__details--secondary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role contributor-credit__item contributor-credit__job-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVP of Engineering\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"3036\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"3036\" class=\"ld-card__modal\" closedby=\"any\" popover>\n\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #ff326e;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus>close<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>Learning to see: Visualising the systems that drive your team<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-time\">\n\t\t\t\t12:00 &#8211; 12:00\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Experienced Manager<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">New Manager<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Engineering managers often manage what they can see: 1-1s, tickets, code reviews. But the systems that actually determine your team&#8217;s effectiveness are invisible until you learn to visualize them.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This talk shares the visualization techniques I use to lead teams more effectively. A scatter plot exercise across multiple teams that revealed each had a different PR cycle time problem. Some cross-team reviews, some internal, some process misalignment. An investment report that showed support work was quietly consuming far more capacity than anyone realized, and how we reduced it. A value stream map that showed one team where their work was stuck in review, leading to changes that improved delivery within two weeks.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In each case, the picture told a story that opinions alone couldn&#8217;t. I&#8217;ll walk through each technique: what to look for, how to build the visual, and how to turn what you see into action.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>These examples come from teams at startups and public companies, but the principle is the same: fix how work flows, not push people harder. I&#8217;ll also show how these visuals become tools for conversation: with your team, with leadership, and with partner teams who may not realize they&#8217;re part of the bottleneck.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>You&#8217;ll leave with:<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Visualization techniques you can use with your team.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>How to spot the difference between people problems and system problems.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>A systematic approach to diagnosis before intervention.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>How to use visuals as conversation tools with leadership and partner teams<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This talk is for engineering managers who want to see their systems clearly before trying to fix them.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"session-contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item session-contributor'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/francisco-trindade\/\" class=\"session-contributor__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2022\/06\/Francisco-Tridade-300x300.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__details\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__label has-small-font-size\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"session-contributor__name has-medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/francisco-trindade\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFrancisco Trindade\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-contributor__role  has-small-font-size\">VP of Engineering<\/span><span class=\"session-contributor__company has-separator-dot--before has-small-font-size\">Braze<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Francisco Trindade is an engineering leader who has been around the block. He has worked as a technology consultant for ThoughtWorks, helping teams in different countries, from writing code for startups in the UK to enabling change in large enterprises in Australia. He has founded companies more than once and managed broader engineering organizations, having experience managing teams in many different environments. He is now an Engineering Director in New York, still constantly thinking about making engineers work better together.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/francisco-trindade\/\" class=\"session-contributor__profile-link\">View Francisco&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #ff326e; --grid-column: 1;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"3042\" data-tax-session-topic=\"culture\" data-tax-session-type=\"talk\" data-tax-session-level=\"director,experienced-manager,new-manager\">\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Director+<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Experienced Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>New Manager<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Your Slack has a neurotypical bias<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>The communication habits that place disproportionate cognitive load on neurodivergent engineers, and a one-sprint audit with three specific rewrites you can deploy immediately.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor contributor-credit\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image contributor-credit__photo\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/rebecca-koniahgari\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_800,h_800\/next\/2026\/05\/Rebecca-Koniahgari.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor-credit__details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor-credit__details--primary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name contributor-credit__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/rebecca-koniahgari\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRebecca Koniahgari\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company contributor-credit__item contributor-credit__employer has-separator-dot--before\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tUptrend Motion\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor-credit__details contributor-credit__details--secondary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role contributor-credit__item contributor-credit__job-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTechnical Lead\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"3042\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"3042\" class=\"ld-card__modal\" closedby=\"any\" popover>\n\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #ff326e;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus>close<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>Your Slack has a neurotypical bias<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-time\">\n\t\t\t\t12:00 &#8211; 12:00\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Director+<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Experienced Manager<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">New Manager<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Engineering teams don&#8217;t lose neurodivergent talent through hostile environments. They lose them through invisible ones.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>According to the Tech Talent Charter&#8217;s survey of 230,000 tech workers, up to 50% of tech employees identify as neurodivergent when asked directly, while their employers estimate just 3%.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>That gap isn&#8217;t a measurement problem. It&#8217;s a disclosure problem. Over half of neurodivergent workers have never told anyone at their company, because they&#8217;ve learned the environment wasn&#8217;t built for them.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>When I built BRYGE AI, an award-winning AI communication assistant featured in Fast Company, I analysed the messages that 60 people sent to ADHD colleagues before and after using the tool.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The same patterns appeared repeatedly: urgency ambiguity, context-buried action items, and implicit tone that reads as passive aggression. None of the senders knew. All of the ADHD recipients experienced them as exhausting, anxiety-inducing, and sometimes career-threatening.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I call these Invisible Exclusion Patterns: communication habits so deeply embedded in neurotypical professional norms that the people generating them are structurally unable to see them without external help.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Research calls the underlying dynamic the Double Empathy Problem: the communication gap runs both ways, but the burden of bridging it falls almost entirely on neurodivergent workers.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>That asymmetry is what this talk addresses.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The consequences for engineering teams are concrete. Neurodivergent engineers are misread as disengaged. High performers quietly labelled difficult. Retention conversations that should have been communication conversations.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And the cruel irony: the engineers most likely to be losing this battle are often the most technically exceptional members of your team, the ones whose cognitive difference is inseparable from their ability to solve problems nobody else can.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This talk introduces the Communication Burden Audit: a one-sprint framework that identifies where your team&#8217;s communication is placing disproportionate cognitive load on neurodivergent colleagues and gives you three specific rewrites you can deploy immediately.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>No DEI training. No sensitivity workshops.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Just a systematic change to how your team writes to each other, with measurable impact on retention, velocity, and psychological safety.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-key-takeaways\">Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:list {\"ordered\":true} -->\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>The 3 Invisible Exclusion Patterns found repeatedly in neurotypical engineering communications, and the specific rewrites that eliminate them<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>How to run a Communication Burden Audit in one sprint without disrupting delivery<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Why &#8220;action-first&#8221; message structure improves velocity for your whole team, not just neurodivergent members<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>How to reopen retention conversations that were actually communication problems in disguise<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>The leadership mindset shift from &#8220;they need to adapt&#8221; to &#8220;I need to design&#8221;, and why it&#8217;s the highest-leverage inclusion investment you can make<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ol>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"session-contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item session-contributor'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/rebecca-koniahgari\/\" class=\"session-contributor__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2026\/05\/Rebecca-Koniahgari-300x300.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__details\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__label has-small-font-size\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"session-contributor__name has-medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/rebecca-koniahgari\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRebecca Koniahgari\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-contributor__role  has-small-font-size\">Technical Lead<\/span><span class=\"session-contributor__company has-separator-dot--before has-small-font-size\">Uptrend Motion<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Rebecca Koniahgari is a Technical Lead who builds production platforms under real-world constraints. She created QuadRamp, a monetization platform for Google Workspace add-on creators, and BRYGE AI, an AI communication assistant recognised with a Silver Stevie\u00ae Award and featured in Fast Company.<\/p>\n<p>BRYGE AI started with a personal realization: she&#8217;d spent years frustrated by brilliant ADHD colleagues who weren&#8217;t responding to her messages \u2014 until she understood the problem was hers. That insight became a product and a talk.<\/p>\n<p>She specializes in platform architecture, AI systems, and decision-making when there&#8217;s no safety net and real users depend on what you ship.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/rebecca-koniahgari\/\" class=\"session-contributor__profile-link\">View Rebecca&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #ff326e; --grid-column: 1;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"3039\" data-tax-session-topic=\"management\" data-tax-session-type=\"talk\" data-tax-session-level=\"director,experienced-manager,new-manager\">\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Director+<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Experienced Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>New Manager<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Cold start crisis leadership<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>The specific leadership moves that work when you&#8217;re managing a crisis with no prior relationships, no system context, and a hard deadline, and why crisis leadership requires a different playbook entirely.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor contributor-credit\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image contributor-credit__photo\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/boomie-odumade\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_2560,h_2553\/next\/2025\/09\/Boomie-Odumade-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor-credit__details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor-credit__details--primary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name contributor-credit__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/boomie-odumade\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBoomie Odumade\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company contributor-credit__item contributor-credit__employer has-separator-dot--before\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTechBees\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor-credit__details contributor-credit__details--secondary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role contributor-credit__item contributor-credit__job-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFractional CTO\/VPE\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"3039\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"3039\" class=\"ld-card__modal\" closedby=\"any\" popover>\n\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #ff326e;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus>close<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>Cold start crisis leadership<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-time\">\n\t\t\t\t12:00 &#8211; 12:00\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Director+<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Experienced Manager<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">New Manager<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The evening of Friday December 12, 2025, I got the call. Great Nonprofits had a critical donation-flow failure. Donations had been collected from donors all year but since August had not reached the charities. They&#8217;d only recently discovered it.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I knew what reputational risk this was. I also knew that there were tax implications since the calendar year was ending in a little over two weeks, with the holidays bearing down on top of it.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I started work that Monday (December 15th). I had no prior relationship with the team, no context on the systems, and multiple people who had holiday plans coming up, including a founder who was going out of the country shortly.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>What followed was two weeks of crisis leadership under every possible external pressure: globally distributed teams across time zones, holiday schedules, multiple external vendors, and an organization that needed both a technical fix and a steady hand at the wheel.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This talk is about what actually works when you&#8217;re leading in crisis without the foundation most leaders expect to have or build first: relationships, context, and time.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I&#8217;ll walk through the specific leadership moves that made the difference: onboarding through people rather than documentation, clarifying ownership in a multi-party environment where everyone assumed someone else was responsible, separating signal from noise under time pressure, and keeping technical reality aligned with what leadership was communicating externally.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The incident was resolved before the end of the year. Donation flow was restored without additional disruption. And the organization came out the other side with greater clarity on its systems and its own resilience.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>You don&#8217;t need a running start to lead well in a crisis. But you do need a different playbook.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-key-takeaways\">Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Onboarding through people AND documentation accelerates trust and situational awareness faster than working in isolation.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Clarifying ownership in multi-party environments is often the most critical unblocking move a crisis leader can make.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Separating signal from noise under time pressure requires active filtering, not just faster analysis.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Keeping technical reality and external communications aligned prevents the second crisis that often follows the first.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>In a crisis, you can&#8217;t wait to build relationships and trust. You have to build them at a speed that matches the urgency.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"session-contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item session-contributor'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/boomie-odumade\/\" class=\"session-contributor__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/09\/Boomie-Odumade-300x300.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__details\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__label has-small-font-size\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"session-contributor__name has-medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/boomie-odumade\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBoomie Odumade\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-contributor__role  has-small-font-size\">Fractional CTO\/VPE<\/span><span class=\"session-contributor__company has-separator-dot--before has-small-font-size\">TechBees<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Boomie Odumade is a senior engineering leader with over 20 years of experience building and scaling engineering teams and platforms. She provides fractional and interim CTO and VPE services through TechBees, and serves as a career coach, speaker, and board member. Her experience spans startups, nonprofits, and large enterprises including Accenture, NPR, and Capital One. She co-founded Nexercise, a mobile fitness startup that scaled to over 500,000 users. She has led teams through high-stakes delivery, crisis response, and organizational transformation. Boomie holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering, an MS in Computer Science, and an MBA from Wharton.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/boomie-odumade\/\" class=\"session-contributor__profile-link\">View Boomie&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #ff326e; --grid-column: 1;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"3043\" data-tax-session-topic=\"management\" data-tax-session-type=\"talk\" data-tax-session-level=\"experienced-manager,new-manager,tech-lead\">\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Experienced Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>New Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Tech Lead<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Addressing the confidence gap in junior engineers<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>How to keep AI in the workflow without losing the apprenticeship: three exercises that rebuild debugging, explanation, and critical thinking when polished output hides shallow understanding.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor contributor-credit\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image contributor-credit__photo\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/giordano-scalzo\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_800,h_800\/next\/2026\/05\/Giordano-Scalzo.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor-credit__details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor-credit__details--primary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name contributor-credit__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/giordano-scalzo\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGiordano Scalzo\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company contributor-credit__item contributor-credit__employer has-separator-dot--before\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNewDay Ltd\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor-credit__details contributor-credit__details--secondary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role contributor-credit__item contributor-credit__job-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEngineering Lead\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"3043\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"3043\" class=\"ld-card__modal\" closedby=\"any\" popover>\n\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #ff326e;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus>close<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>Addressing the confidence gap in junior engineers<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-time\">\n\t\t\t\t12:00 &#8211; 12:00\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Experienced Manager<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">New Manager<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Tech Lead<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A junior engineer on my team shipped a feature in a day that would once have taken much longer. The code looked great.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Then I asked them to explain a few decisions, and things got quiet.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>They could describe what the code did. They struggled to explain why it had been written that way, or how they would debug it if it failed in production.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The output looked senior. The understanding was still junior.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>That gap is easy to miss because the usual signals, clean PRs, good test coverage, fast delivery, all look healthy. I call this the Confidence Gap.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>AI helps people ship better-looking code before they have built the judgment behind it. That is not a reason to ban the tools. It is a reason to rethink mentoring.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I will share three exercises I am using with junior engineers: AI-off sessions, Explain the Machine, and Break It challenges.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The point is not to slow people down or catch them out. The point is to rebuild debugging, explanation, and critical thinking so we do not confuse polished output with engineering growth.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This talk is for leads and managers who want to keep AI in the workflow without losing the apprenticeship part of the job.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-key-takeaways\">Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>The Confidence Gap: how AI can hide understanding gaps in junior engineers.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>A practical mentoring toolkit: AI-off sessions, Explain the Machine, and Break It challenges.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>How to reintroduce real learning without making AI use feel punitive.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Better ways to think about growth when output no longer tells the whole story.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"session-contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item session-contributor'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/giordano-scalzo\/\" class=\"session-contributor__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2026\/05\/Giordano-Scalzo-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__details\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__label has-small-font-size\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"session-contributor__name has-medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/giordano-scalzo\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGiordano Scalzo\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-contributor__role  has-small-font-size\">Engineering Lead<\/span><span class=\"session-contributor__company has-separator-dot--before has-small-font-size\">NewDay Ltd<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Giordano Scalzo started as a kid copying code listings from magazines before he could properly read them, which probably explains both his love of elegant tools and his tolerance for technology hype cycles. He is a London-based AI and engineering lead, a published author of six books, and a regular speaker at events such as NSLondon and Londroid. Most of his work lives somewhere between \u201cthis is genuinely useful\u201d and \u201cwe should slow down and think about this properly.\u201d He builds side projects, writes about technology, and is especially interested in what AI changes for real teams once the novelty wears off.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/giordano-scalzo\/\" class=\"session-contributor__profile-link\">View Giordano&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t<div style=\"--grid-column: 2; --grid-row: 1;\" class=\"wp-block-pbc-agenda-single-track\">\n\t\t\n\n\n<div style=\"--grid-column: 2; --header-background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--dark-blue-indigo); padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);\" class=\"ld-agenda__heading wp-block-pbc-agenda-track-heading has-background has-dark-blue-indigo-background-color\">\n<div class=\"heading-background\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"heading-background-inner clip-right-corner-small\"><\/div>\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-base-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-db87cfb39cff0cf0143031247d2c33a4\" id=\"h-making-technical-choices-stage\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-weight:500;letter-spacing:0.04em;line-height:1.1;text-transform:uppercase\">Making Technical Choices Stage<\/h5>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #ff326e; --grid-column: 2;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"3063\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"talk\" data-tax-session-level=\"director,experienced-manager,new-manager,staff,tech-lead\">\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Director+<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Experienced Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>New Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Staff+<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Tech Lead<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Introducing your host: Maude Lemaire<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>A welcome from the host<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor contributor-credit\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image contributor-credit__photo\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/maude-lemaire\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_476,h_476\/next\/2020\/12\/Maude-Lemaire-e1770031070472.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor-credit__details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor-credit__details--primary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name contributor-credit__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/maude-lemaire\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMaude Lemaire\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company contributor-credit__item contributor-credit__employer has-separator-dot--before\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCursor\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor-credit__details contributor-credit__details--secondary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role contributor-credit__item contributor-credit__job-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEngineer\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"3063\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"3063\" class=\"ld-card__modal\" closedby=\"any\" popover>\n\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #ff326e;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus>close<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>Introducing your host: Maude Lemaire<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-time\">\n\t\t\t\t12:00 &#8211; 12:00\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Director+<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Experienced Manager<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">New Manager<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Staff+<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Tech Lead<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A welcome from the host, <strong>Maude Lemaire<\/strong>.<br><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"session-contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item session-contributor'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/maude-lemaire\/\" class=\"session-contributor__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"476\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2020\/12\/Maude-Lemaire-e1770031070472-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__details\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__label has-small-font-size\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"session-contributor__name has-medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/maude-lemaire\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMaude Lemaire\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-contributor__role  has-small-font-size\">Engineer<\/span><span class=\"session-contributor__company has-separator-dot--before has-small-font-size\">Cursor<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Maude is an engineer at Cursor, working on the big, thorny problems that come hand-in-hand with rapid growth. Previously, she was a Principal Engineer at GitHub, where she worked on Copilot Code Review, data partitioning, and domain isolation.<\/p>\n<p>Before GitHub, Maude was a Senior Staff Engineer at Slack, where she founded and led the backend performance infrastructure team. Over nearly 8 years, she was responsible for large-scale load test tooling, performance regression monitoring, and successfully onboarding the world&#8217;s largest companies to Slack as the product scaled from 60,000 users per team to over 2 million.<\/p>\n<p>When she doesn&#8217;t have her nose in a flamegraph, you can find Maude building strong, empathetic engineering cultures.<br \/>\nIn October 2020, Maude published &#8220;Refactoring at Scale&#8221; with O&#8217;Reilly Media, a blueprint for how technical leaders can successfully navigate large, complex refactors.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/maude-lemaire\/\" class=\"session-contributor__profile-link\">View Maude&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #f2d665; --grid-column: 2;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"3077\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"the-big-debate\" data-tax-session-level=\"director,experienced-manager,new-manager,staff,tech-lead\">\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">The Big Debate<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Director+<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Experienced Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>New Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Staff+<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Tech Lead<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Debating the future of engineering<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Hear different perspectives on the decisions shaping modern engineering teams.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"3077\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"3077\" class=\"ld-card__modal\" closedby=\"any\" popover>\n\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #f2d665;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">The Big Debate<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus>close<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>Debating the future of engineering<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-time\">\n\t\t\t\t12:00 &#8211; 12:00\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Director+<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Experienced Manager<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">New Manager<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Staff+<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Tech Lead<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Some of the biggest questions in engineering leadership don\u2019t have easy answers.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In this Big Debate session, industry leaders will explore one of the most urgent unresolved challenges facing engineering teams today. Expect a thoughtful, high-level discussion on what\u2019s changing, what\u2019s still uncertain, and how leaders are thinking through the decisions that will shape what comes next.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #ff326e; --grid-column: 2;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"3046\" data-tax-session-topic=\"technical-direction\" data-tax-session-type=\"talk\" data-tax-session-level=\"experienced-manager,staff,tech-lead\">\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Experienced Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Staff+<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Tech Lead<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Trust at scale<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>How to improve autonomous agents&#8217; output quality so your codebase isn&#8217;t flooded with PRs that are close but not quite right.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor contributor-credit\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image contributor-credit__photo\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/grace-yun\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_621,h_621\/next\/2026\/02\/Grace-Yun-e1772185170452.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor-credit__details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor-credit__details--primary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name contributor-credit__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/grace-yun\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGrace Yun\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company contributor-credit__item contributor-credit__employer has-separator-dot--before\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAnthropic\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor-credit__details contributor-credit__details--secondary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role contributor-credit__item contributor-credit__job-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMember of Technical Staff\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"3046\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"3046\" class=\"ld-card__modal\" closedby=\"any\" popover>\n\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #ff326e;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus>close<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>Trust at scale<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-time\">\n\t\t\t\t12:00 &#8211; 12:00\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Experienced Manager<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Staff+<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Tech Lead<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In the era of harnessing swarms of long running, autonomous agents, how can we improve agents&#8217; ability to craft high quality outputs instead of overwhelming our codebases with almost-good-but not-quite-there PRs?<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"session-contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item session-contributor'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/grace-yun\/\" class=\"session-contributor__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"621\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2026\/02\/Grace-Yun-e1772185170452-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__details\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__label has-small-font-size\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"session-contributor__name has-medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/grace-yun\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGrace Yun\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-contributor__role  has-small-font-size\">Member of Technical Staff<\/span><span class=\"session-contributor__company has-separator-dot--before has-small-font-size\">Anthropic<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Grace Yun is a Member of Technical Staff at Anthropic.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/grace-yun\/\" class=\"session-contributor__profile-link\">View Grace&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #ff326e; --grid-column: 2;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"3047\" data-tax-session-topic=\"technical-direction\" data-tax-session-type=\"talk\" data-tax-session-level=\"director,experienced-manager,staff,tech-lead\">\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Director+<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Experienced Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Staff+<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Tech Lead<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Building our way to enterprise-readiness in the age of AI<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>How comparatively small teams ship enterprise-ready features to production, and how AI has changed what that process looks like.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor contributor-credit\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image contributor-credit__photo\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/frances-thai\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_800,h_800\/next\/2026\/03\/Frances-Thai.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor-credit__details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor-credit__details--primary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name contributor-credit__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/frances-thai\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFrances Thai\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company contributor-credit__item contributor-credit__employer has-separator-dot--before\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCursor\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor-credit__details contributor-credit__details--secondary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role contributor-credit__item contributor-credit__job-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSoftware Engineer\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"3047\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"3047\" class=\"ld-card__modal\" closedby=\"any\" popover>\n\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #ff326e;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus>close<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>Building our way to enterprise-readiness in the age of AI<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-time\">\n\t\t\t\t12:00 &#8211; 12:00\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Director+<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Experienced Manager<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Staff+<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Tech Lead<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Many startups have had to build upwards &#8211; planning, building, and maintaining products for teams much bigger than their own. AI has enabled this more than ever before. How do comparatively small teams ship enterprise-ready features to production, and how has that changed in the age of AI? We\u2019ll chat honestly about the journey to the present, what we\u2019ve changed along the way, and how we prepare for an ever-changing future.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"session-contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item session-contributor'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/frances-thai\/\" class=\"session-contributor__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2026\/03\/Frances-Thai-300x300.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__details\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__label has-small-font-size\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"session-contributor__name has-medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/frances-thai\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFrances Thai\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-contributor__role  has-small-font-size\">Software Engineer<\/span><span class=\"session-contributor__company has-separator-dot--before has-small-font-size\">Cursor<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Frances Thai is an engineer at Cursor, where she focuses on productionizing the features that matter most to the company\u2019s largest enterprise customers. Throughout her career as a product engineer, she has planned, built, launched, and maintained scalable products at successful startups including Segment and PlanetScale. She cares deeply not only about delivering well-engineered products, but also about collaborating across teams and working closely with the customers she builds for.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/frances-thai\/\" class=\"session-contributor__profile-link\">View Frances&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #ff326e; --grid-column: 2;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"3044\" data-tax-session-topic=\"velocity\" data-tax-session-type=\"talk\" data-tax-session-level=\"director,experienced-manager,staff,tech-lead\">\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Director+<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Experienced Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Staff+<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Tech Lead<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">How we migrated from manual deploys to agent-driven development in under six months<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>The technical and organizational details of one team&#8217;s move to continuous deployment with substantial agent-written PRs, and a repeatable approach others can apply to their own workflows.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor contributor-credit\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image contributor-credit__photo\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/will-larson\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_400,h_400\/next\/2024\/08\/Will-Larson.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor-credit__details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor-credit__details--primary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name contributor-credit__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/will-larson\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWill Larson\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company contributor-credit__item contributor-credit__employer has-separator-dot--before\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tImprint\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor-credit__details contributor-credit__details--secondary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role contributor-credit__item contributor-credit__job-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCTO\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"3044\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"3044\" class=\"ld-card__modal\" closedby=\"any\" popover>\n\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #ff326e;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus>close<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>How we migrated from manual deploys to agent-driven development in under six months<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-time\">\n\t\t\t\t12:00 &#8211; 12:00\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Director+<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Experienced Manager<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Staff+<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Tech Lead<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>There&#8217;s an overwhelming echo chamber telling you you&#8217;re not AI-pilled enough: Oh, you still have humans writing software? Oh, you are still having humans review things before merging them?<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It&#8217;s easy to feel judged, and easy to dismiss the changes as propaganda.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This talk will dig into the technical and social details of Imprint&#8217;s migration to safely transition from manual deploys to continuous deployment with substantial agent-written PRs in under six months.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>From our specifics, we&#8217;ll expand to a repeatable recipe others can take to include agents in their workflows without resorting to the banality of tracking token usage or other veneers of Ai transformation.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"session-contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item session-contributor'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/will-larson\/\" class=\"session-contributor__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2024\/08\/Will-Larson-300x300.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__details\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__label has-small-font-size\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"session-contributor__name has-medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/will-larson\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWill Larson\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-contributor__role  has-small-font-size\">CTO<\/span><span class=\"session-contributor__company has-separator-dot--before has-small-font-size\">Imprint<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Will Larson is CTO at Imprint, and has been a software engineering leader at Calm, Stripe, and Uber. He is the author of An Elegant Puzzle, Staff Engineer, and The Engineering Executive&#8217;s Primer. Before moving to San Francisco, he grew up in North Carolina.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/will-larson\/\" class=\"session-contributor__profile-link\">View Will&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #ff326e; --grid-column: 2;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"3045\" data-tax-session-topic=\"technical-direction\" data-tax-session-type=\"talk\" data-tax-session-level=\"experienced-manager,staff,tech-lead\">\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Experienced Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Staff+<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Tech Lead<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">How I learned to stop worrying and love distributed systems: 25 years of lessons learned<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Twenty-five years of hard-won lessons on distributed systems distilled into 30 minutes, most of them about how teams work rather than how technology does.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor contributor-credit\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image contributor-credit__photo\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/jez-humble\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_614,h_614\/next\/2025\/05\/Jez-Humble-e1747060024467.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor-credit__details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor-credit__details--primary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name contributor-credit__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/jez-humble\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJez Humble\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company contributor-credit__item contributor-credit__employer has-separator-dot--before\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGoogle\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor-credit__details contributor-credit__details--secondary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role contributor-credit__item contributor-credit__job-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSite Reliability Engineer\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"3045\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"3045\" class=\"ld-card__modal\" closedby=\"any\" popover>\n\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #ff326e;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus>close<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>How I learned to stop worrying and love distributed systems: 25 years of lessons learned<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-time\">\n\t\t\t\t12:00 &#8211; 12:00\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Experienced Manager<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Staff+<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Tech Lead<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If I had only 30m to distill what I&#8217;d learned over the years, this is the talk I&#8217;d give. Most of the lessons will be about teams (the real distributed systems). I can&#8217;t guarantee consistency, but I will strive to be both available and tolerant.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"session-contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item session-contributor'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/jez-humble\/\" class=\"session-contributor__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"614\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/05\/Jez-Humble-e1747060024467-300x300.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__details\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__label has-small-font-size\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"session-contributor__name has-medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/jez-humble\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJez Humble\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-contributor__role  has-small-font-size\">Site Reliability Engineer<\/span><span class=\"session-contributor__company has-separator-dot--before has-small-font-size\">Google<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Jez Humble is co-author of several books on software: Jolt Award winner Continuous Delivery, Lean Enterprise, The DevOps Handbook, and Shingo Publication Award winner Accelerate. He has spent his career working on code, infrastructure, and product development in companies of varying sizes across three continents, from startups to the US Federal Government, and taught classes in software engineering and product development at UC Berkeley. He was co-founder and CTO of DORA (DevOps Research and Assessment), which was acquired by Google in 2018. He currently serves as the technical lead of the SRE team for Google Cloud&#8217;s Serverless products (Cloud Run and App Engine).<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/jez-humble\/\" class=\"session-contributor__profile-link\">View Jez&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #ff326e; --grid-column: 2;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"3050\" data-tax-session-topic=\"software-quality\" data-tax-session-type=\"talk\" data-tax-session-level=\"experienced-manager,staff,tech-lead\">\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Experienced Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Staff+<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Tech Lead<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">One shot at scale: Surviving the Super Bowl signup surge<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>How to decompose a critical path, structure launch-day operations, and make real-time judgment calls when you have one chance and an immovable deadline.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor contributor-credit\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image contributor-credit__photo\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/vadim-uchitel\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_450,h_450\/next\/2026\/05\/Vadim-Uchitel.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor-credit__details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor-credit__details--primary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name contributor-credit__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/vadim-uchitel\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVadim Uchitel\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company contributor-credit__item contributor-credit__employer has-separator-dot--before\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFetch\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor-credit__details contributor-credit__details--secondary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role contributor-credit__item contributor-credit__job-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPrincipal Engineer\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"3050\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"3050\" class=\"ld-card__modal\" closedby=\"any\" popover>\n\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #ff326e;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus>close<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>One shot at scale: Surviving the Super Bowl signup surge<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-time\">\n\t\t\t\t12:00 &#8211; 12:00\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Experienced Manager<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Staff+<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Tech Lead<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>When Fetch aired its Super Bowl commercial, we had one chance to get it right.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>We ran a live $1.2M sweepstakes during the final two minutes of the game: anyone who opened the app entered automatically, and 120 winners were drawn and announced in-app in real time.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Our normal signup load was ~1 RPS. Our target: 150,000.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>There was no rehearsal, and the sweepstakes carried legal obligations that meant certain operations had to be both fast and provably correct.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This talk focuses on the engineering leadership decisions that made this survivable.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I&#8217;ll share how we decomposed the signup critical path into three buckets (must be synchronous, can be deferred, can be dropped) and how that framework shifted when a legally binding lottery meant some operations couldn&#8217;t be deferred or dropped.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I&#8217;ll cover the architectural trade-offs: stripping the signup flow with feature flags, moving deferred work off the critical path with Kafka and SQS, and shifting verification to dedicated Redis clusters.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Then I&#8217;ll explain how we decided which safety checks to temporarily relax, how we bounded that risk, and how we built confidence when our stress environment couldn&#8217;t replicate production.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Our stress testing caught some surprises early: Redis became CPU-bound at 150K RPS while DynamoDB held steady, the opposite of what we expected.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>But game day brought its own. Postgres connection limits quietly became a scaling ceiling, and an SMS rate limit we knew about still cost us valuable minutes of cross-team coordination during the live broadcast.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Each surprise required real-time judgment calls, and our ability to respond came down to how we&#8217;d structured launch-day operations: defined roles, communication channels, and escalation paths designed with the same redundancy we&#8217;d built into the architecture.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If you&#8217;re preparing for a traffic spike with an immovable deadline, you&#8217;ll leave with a practical framework for decomposing a critical path, launch levers for controlling risk in real time, and hard-earned lessons about the gap between knowing a risk and being ready for it.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-key-takeaways\">Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>How to decompose a critical path into synchronous, deferred, and droppable work using feature flags and queues as scaling levers.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>How stress testing at 150K RPS revealed counterintuitive bottlenecks (Redis, not DynamoDB, became the ceiling) and why preparing to be wrong mattered more than trying to be right.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>How in-memory static assets and gradual rollout patterns can shield backend services when millions of users transition from a live event back into the regular app.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>How to structure launch-day team operations (roles, comms, escalation) with the same redundancy you design into your architecture.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"session-contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item session-contributor'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/vadim-uchitel\/\" class=\"session-contributor__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2026\/05\/Vadim-Uchitel-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__details\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__label has-small-font-size\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"session-contributor__name has-medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/vadim-uchitel\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVadim Uchitel\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-contributor__role  has-small-font-size\">Principal Engineer<\/span><span class=\"session-contributor__company has-separator-dot--before has-small-font-size\">Fetch<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Vadim Uchitel is a Principal Engineer at Fetch with 30+ years of software development experience. He began his career building geometry and real-time visualization software for NASA and the DoD; his bdStudio tool is still used across multiple NASA labs. After helping scale Shipt\u2019s backend services, he joined Fetch, where he leads cross-team systems architecture, guiding technical strategy and high-stakes platform decisions as the company scales. Vadim focuses on making complex systems simpler, safer, and faster to evolve, recently leveraging AI to accelerate that work. He\u2019s a conference speaker, including DevOpsDays Birmingham (2022, 2023) and upcoming DevOpsDays Atlanta (2026).<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/vadim-uchitel\/\" class=\"session-contributor__profile-link\">View Vadim&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #ff326e; --grid-column: 2;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"3053\" data-tax-session-topic=\"software-quality\" data-tax-session-type=\"talk\" data-tax-session-level=\"director,experienced-manager,staff,tech-lead\">\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Director+<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Experienced Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Staff+<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Tech Lead<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Building trustworthy agents at scale<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Testing pipelines for non-deterministic AI systems, frameworks for defining ethical success beyond accuracy, and what it actually takes to align engineers, product managers, and legal teams around responsible AI in practice.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor contributor-credit\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image contributor-credit__photo\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/kinsey-durham-grace\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_1058,h_1058\/next\/2026\/01\/Kinsey-Durham-Grace-scaled-e1769706045252.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor-credit__details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor-credit__details--primary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name contributor-credit__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/kinsey-durham-grace\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tKinsey Durham Grace\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company contributor-credit__item contributor-credit__employer has-separator-dot--before\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGitHub\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor-credit__details contributor-credit__details--secondary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role contributor-credit__item contributor-credit__job-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCopilot Coding Agent Engineer\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"3053\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"3053\" class=\"ld-card__modal\" closedby=\"any\" popover>\n\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #ff326e;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus>close<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>Building trustworthy agents at scale<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-time\">\n\t\t\t\t12:00 &#8211; 12:00\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Director+<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Experienced Manager<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Staff+<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Tech Lead<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As large language models move from research to production, engineering leaders are facing a new kind of challenge: how do you test, deploy, and govern systems that can behave unpredictably?<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>At GitHub, we found that reliability wasn\u2019t enough \u2014 trust became the core metric.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Building our internal coding agents required rethinking how we validated AI output, handled uncertainty, and collaborated across disciplines.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This talk explores that journey: how we built testing pipelines for non-deterministic systems, defined \u201cethical success criteria,\u201d and aligned engineers, product managers, and legal teams around shared principles for responsible AI.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I\u2019ll share the technical patterns that worked \u2014 like controlled prompt experiments, sandboxed agent evaluation, and feedback loops \u2014 as well as the cultural lessons from introducing ethical review processes into fast-moving engineering work.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Attendees will leave with concrete tools for building trustworthy AI systems, a playbook for leading cross-functional conversations about safety and ethics, and practical insights for balancing innovation with accountability.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In a world where AI capabilities evolve faster than our processes, this story is a reminder that trust is built, not assumed \u2014 and that engineering leaders have a critical role in making it real.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-key-takeaways\">Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Learn how to test and evaluate non-deterministic LLM behavior in production systems.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>See frameworks for defining and measuring \u201cethical success\u201d beyond accuracy.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Understand how to align engineers, PMs, and legal on responsible AI principles.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Apply lessons for balancing speed, experimentation, and accountability in AI projects.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"session-contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item session-contributor'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/kinsey-durham-grace\/\" class=\"session-contributor__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1058\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2026\/01\/Kinsey-Durham-Grace-scaled-e1769706045252-300x300.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__details\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__label has-small-font-size\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"session-contributor__name has-medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/kinsey-durham-grace\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tKinsey Durham Grace\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-contributor__role  has-small-font-size\">Copilot Coding Agent Engineer<\/span><span class=\"session-contributor__company has-separator-dot--before has-small-font-size\">GitHub<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Kinsey Durham Grace is an engineer on GitHub\u2019s Coding Agent Core team. She has held various leadership roles in tech communities and employee resource groups. She has presented at conferences all over the world. Outside of work, she spends time with her family in the mountains and fly-fishing Colorado rivers.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/kinsey-durham-grace\/\" class=\"session-contributor__profile-link\">View Kinsey&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #ff326e; --grid-column: 2;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"3049\" data-tax-session-topic=\"software-quality\" data-tax-session-type=\"talk\" data-tax-session-level=\"experienced-manager,staff,tech-lead\">\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Experienced Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Staff+<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Tech Lead<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">The data canary: How Netflix validates catalog metadata<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>How Netflix built a system that detects data corruption in under four minutes using real production traffic, and a replicable approach to bringing the same rigor to data pipelines that teams already apply to code deployments.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor contributor-credit\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image contributor-credit__photo\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/celina-amados\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_800,h_800\/next\/2026\/05\/Celina-Amados.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor-credit__details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor-credit__details--primary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name contributor-credit__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/celina-amados\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCelina Amados\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company contributor-credit__item contributor-credit__employer has-separator-dot--before\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNetflix\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor-credit__details contributor-credit__details--secondary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role contributor-credit__item contributor-credit__job-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSenior Site Reliability Engineer\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"3049\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"3049\" class=\"ld-card__modal\" closedby=\"any\" popover>\n\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #ff326e;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus>close<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>The data canary: How Netflix validates catalog metadata<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-time\">\n\t\t\t\t12:00 &#8211; 12:00\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Experienced Manager<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Staff+<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Tech Lead<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>At Netflix, catalog metadata is mission-critical. It defines what titles exist, whether they can be played, and where they&#8217;re available, powering the experience for millions of members.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>When a production incident revealed that corrupted data could break streaming while every code canary showed green, we recognized a fundamental gap: we had rigorous deployment validation for code, but none for data.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This talk tells the story of how we built the Data Canary: an automated system that validates data transformations using real production traffic, detects regressions in 2.5\u20134 minutes, and blocks bad data from publishing, all within a 10-minute window.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>We&#8217;ll cover three core innovations:<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:list {\"ordered\":true} -->\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li><strong>The Orchestrator Pattern:<\/strong> a dedicated cluster architecture that separates baseline from canary, avoids self-testing, and provides a generic integration point extensible to other data sources at Netflix.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li><strong>Extending Our Chaos Platform:<\/strong> customizing experiment thresholds for tight time constraints, using sticky canaries to prevent cross-contamination, and discovering that behavioral metrics (Starts Per Second) detect catalog corruption far more reliably than latency or error rates.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li><strong>Production-Hardened Engineering:<\/strong> handling in-flight experiments during redeployment, leader election across concurrent orchestrator instances, and running controlled failure injection experiments to validate the validator before going live.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ol>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The patterns we landed on aren&#8217;t Netflix-specific. Any team running high-velocity data pipelines that directly impact customers should be asking: what&#8217;s your MTTD for data corruption? Can you validate with production traffic safely? How do you detect emergent issues in transformed data?<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This talk offers a practical, replicable blueprint for bringing code deployment rigor to data.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-key-takeaways\">Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Data deployments carry the same production risk as code deployments and deserve equivalent validation rigor<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Behavioral metrics like Starts Per Second can be more reliable signals for data corruption than latency or error rates<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>The orchestrator pattern, with permanent baseline and canary clusters, provides a reusable, extensible architecture for data pipeline validation<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Sticky canaries and real production traffic are essential for detecting emergent failures that shadow traffic cannot surface<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Chaos experiments can be tuned for tight time windows by prioritizing speed of detection over statistical confidence<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"session-contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item session-contributor'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/celina-amados\/\" class=\"session-contributor__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2026\/05\/Celina-Amados-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__details\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__label has-small-font-size\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"session-contributor__name has-medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/celina-amados\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCelina Amados\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-contributor__role  has-small-font-size\">Senior Site Reliability Engineer<\/span><span class=\"session-contributor__company has-separator-dot--before has-small-font-size\">Netflix<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Celina Amados is a Senior Site Reliability Engineer at Netflix, where she embeds with engineering teams to drive reliability, observability, and operational excellence across critical studio and enterprise services. With 9 years of experience spanning Netflix, Microsoft, Twitter, and Patreon, she has worked across industries from streaming and content delivery to enterprise software at companies ranging from startups to large-scale enterprises. Celina specializes in automation, incident management, capacity planning, and building practices that make engineering organizations more confident in how they ship. She holds a B.A. in Computer Science from the University of Virginia and is based in Philadelphia, PA.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/celina-amados\/\" class=\"session-contributor__profile-link\">View Celina&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #ff326e; --grid-column: 2;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"3059\" data-tax-session-topic=\"software-quality\" data-tax-session-type=\"talk\" data-tax-session-level=\"director,experienced-manager,staff,tech-lead\">\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Director+<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Experienced Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Staff+<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Tech Lead<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">How to kill the code review<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Why traditional code review no longer fits the shape of modern software development, and a five-layer trust model for shipping faster without sacrificing quality or control.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor contributor-credit\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image contributor-credit__photo\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/ankit-jain\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_218,h_218\/next\/2026\/05\/Ankit-Jain-e1778523280989.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor-credit__details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor-credit__details--primary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name contributor-credit__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/ankit-jain\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAnkit Jain\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company contributor-credit__item contributor-credit__employer has-separator-dot--before\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAviator\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor-credit__details contributor-credit__details--secondary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role contributor-credit__item contributor-credit__job-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCo-founder &amp; CEO\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"3059\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"3059\" class=\"ld-card__modal\" closedby=\"any\" popover>\n\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #ff326e;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus>close<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>How to kill the code review<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-time\">\n\t\t\t\t12:00 &#8211; 12:00\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Director+<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Experienced Manager<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Staff+<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Tech Lead<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph {\"className\":\"is-style-standfirst\",\"fontSize\":\"large\"} -->\n<p class=\"is-style-standfirst has-large-font-size\">Human-written code died in 2025. Code review is dying in 2026.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Teams with high AI adoption are merging 98% more pull requests, but PR review time has surged 91%. There is no way we win this fight with manual code reviews, and AI code review tools are just buying us time.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This talk makes the case that the traditional code review is a historical approval gate that no longer fits the shape of modern software development.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>We&#8217;ll walk through a practical five-layer trust model: from multi-agent competition and deterministic guardrails to spec-driven BDD and adversarial verification that lets engineering teams ship faster without sacrificing quality or control.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-key-takeaways\">Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Review time goes up 91%, manual code review cannot scale, and pretending otherwise leads to organizational debt.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>AI code review is just kicking the can. If an AI writes the code and an AI reviews it, the post-PR review stage adds ceremony without real value. The review loop needs to move earlier in the development cycle.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Shift the human checkpoint upstream from code to intent. The most valuable human judgment is applied before the first line is generated: reviewing specs, constraints, and acceptance criteria, not 500-line diffs.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Trust is layered, not binary. A practical five-layer model for agentic safety: (1) multi-agent competition, (2) deterministic guardrails and linters, (3) human-authored acceptance criteria via BDD, (4) scoped permission systems, and (5) adversarial verification agents.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Bring back behavior-driven development. Code is an artifact of the spec. Behavior-Driven Development (BDD), once impractical overhead, becomes the primary workflow when agents handle implementation.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"session-contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item session-contributor'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/ankit-jain\/\" class=\"session-contributor__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"218\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2026\/05\/Ankit-Jain-300x300.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__details\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__label has-small-font-size\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"session-contributor__name has-medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/ankit-jain\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAnkit Jain\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-contributor__role  has-small-font-size\">Co-founder &amp; CEO<\/span><span class=\"session-contributor__company has-separator-dot--before has-small-font-size\">Aviator<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Ankit Jain is a cofounder and CEO of Aviator, an AI-powered, low-config developer portal that automates ownership, code reviews, merges and deploys. He also leads The Hangar, a community of senior DevOps and senior software engineers focused on developer experience, and Xoogler, the ex-Google alumni network.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/ankit-jain\/\" class=\"session-contributor__profile-link\">View Ankit&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #ff326e; --grid-column: 2;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"3051\" data-tax-session-topic=\"technical-direction\" data-tax-session-type=\"talk\" data-tax-session-level=\"director,experienced-manager,staff,tech-lead\">\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Director+<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Experienced Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Staff+<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Tech Lead<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">The accountability gap: Engineering governance for autonomous AI<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>A three-tier model for deciding which agent actions can run autonomously and which need human approval, built after a testing agent auto-approved a broken build that affected 10,000 users for four hours.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor contributor-credit\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image contributor-credit__photo\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/sandeep-bharadwaj-mannapur\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_299,h_299\/next\/2026\/05\/Sandeep-Bharadwaj-Mannapur.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor-credit__details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor-credit__details--primary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name contributor-credit__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/sandeep-bharadwaj-mannapur\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSandeep Bharadwaj Mannapur\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company contributor-credit__item contributor-credit__employer has-separator-dot--before\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tServiceNow\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor-credit__details contributor-credit__details--secondary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role contributor-credit__item contributor-credit__job-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGenAI Performance &amp; Reliability Engineer\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"3051\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"3051\" class=\"ld-card__modal\" closedby=\"any\" popover>\n\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #ff326e;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus>close<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>The accountability gap: Engineering governance for autonomous AI<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-time\">\n\t\t\t\t12:00 &#8211; 12:00\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Director+<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Experienced Manager<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Staff+<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Tech Lead<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Autonomous AI agents are transforming software delivery from scripted automation to systems that make decisions without human approval.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Your agent decides which tests to run, whether to approve deployments, and how to prioritize risks. But when it gets it wrong, who&#8217;s accountable?<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Our testing agent auto-approved a broken build that affected 10,000 users for four hours. The agent prioritized velocity over safety because we hadn&#8217;t defined clear trust boundaries for autonomous decisions.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Traditional &#8220;&#8221;human-in-the-loop&#8221;&#8221; governance doesn&#8217;t scale\u2014you can&#8217;t manually review every agent decision when you&#8217;re processing thousands daily.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This session introduces the engineering framework we built for accountable autonomy: a three-tier trust model that categorizes decisions by blast radius (impact and reversibility), governance architecture using Model Context Protocol for instrumentation, and circuit breakers that prevent AI from causing more harm than the bugs it&#8217;s designed to catch.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Engineering leaders will see how to design systems where agents can operate autonomously for low-risk decisions (running unit tests, analyzing logs) while requiring human approval for high-impact changes (production deployments, infrastructure modifications, user data access).<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>You&#8217;ll learn observability patterns using OpenTelemetry that make agent reasoning transparent enough to audit, and governance templates that satisfy legal and security stakeholders without slowing engineering.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This isn&#8217;t about saying &#8220;&#8221;no&#8221;&#8221; to agentic AI\u2014it\u2019s about building the guardrails that let your team confidently say &#8220;&#8221;yes.&#8221;&#8221;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The organizations winning with autonomous AI aren&#8217;t the ones with the most capable agents; they&#8217;re the ones with the best governance architecture.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>You&#8217;ll leave with a decision matrix for automation versus human approval, observability patterns for auditing agent behavior, and communication frameworks for introducing agentic systems to skeptical stakeholders.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The accountability gap is solvable. This is how you engineer trust at scale.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-key-takeaways\">Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:list {\"ordered\":true} -->\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Three-tier trust model: Decision matrix categorizing which agent actions can be fully automated (low blast radius, reversible) versus requiring human approval (high impact, irreversible)<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Observability architecture: Concrete patterns using OpenTelemetry Semantic Conventions to trace agent reasoning chains and build audit trails legal teams trust<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Circuit breaker implementation: Programmatic governance gates that prevent autonomous AI from cascading failures beyond defined risk thresholds<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Stakeholder communication framework: Templates for explaining agentic governance to legal, security, and executive stakeholders who demand accountability without understanding the technology<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ol>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"session-contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item session-contributor'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/sandeep-bharadwaj-mannapur\/\" class=\"session-contributor__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"299\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2026\/05\/Sandeep-Bharadwaj-Mannapur.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__details\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__label has-small-font-size\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"session-contributor__name has-medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/sandeep-bharadwaj-mannapur\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSandeep Bharadwaj Mannapur\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-contributor__role  has-small-font-size\">GenAI Performance &amp; Reliability Engineer<\/span><span class=\"session-contributor__company has-separator-dot--before has-small-font-size\">ServiceNow<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Sandeep Bharadwaj Mannapur is a Lead AI\/ML Engineer with 15+ years of experience designing and building large-scale data and AI platforms. His background spans data engineering, streaming pipelines, and platform infrastructure, with current focus on production GenAI and MLOps. He emphasizes reliability, governance, and performance for enterprise deployments.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/sandeep-bharadwaj-mannapur\/\" class=\"session-contributor__profile-link\">View Sandeep&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #ff326e; --grid-column: 2;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"3055\" data-tax-session-topic=\"velocity\" data-tax-session-type=\"talk\" data-tax-session-level=\"director,experienced-manager,staff,tech-lead\">\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Director+<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Experienced Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Staff+<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Tech Lead<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Beyond CI\/CD: How platform abstractions unlocked developer productivity at scale<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>The hidden friction that traditional productivity metrics miss, and the platform abstraction that reduced service onboarding from weeks to minutes at Databricks, with lessons that apply across other platform domains.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor contributor-credit\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image contributor-credit__photo\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/gaurav-nanda\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_800,h_800\/next\/2025\/09\/1760244917797.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor-credit__details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor-credit__details--primary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name contributor-credit__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/gaurav-nanda\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGaurav Nanda\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company contributor-credit__item contributor-credit__employer has-separator-dot--before\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDatabricks\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor-credit__details contributor-credit__details--secondary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role contributor-credit__item contributor-credit__job-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSenior Engineering Manager\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"3055\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"3055\" class=\"ld-card__modal\" closedby=\"any\" popover>\n\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #ff326e;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus>close<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>Beyond CI\/CD: How platform abstractions unlocked developer productivity at scale<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-time\">\n\t\t\t\t12:00 &#8211; 12:00\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Director+<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Experienced Manager<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Staff+<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Tech Lead<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>One of the core goals of platform engineering is to reduce developer toil and accelerate delivery across the entire development lifecycle.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>While many organizations focus these efforts on CI\/CD and tooling, other platform surfaces such as service connectivity and networking often remain fragmented and owned by individual teams.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This fragmentation creates significant hidden friction that is rarely visible in traditional productivity metrics.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>At Databricks, product teams building services across the control plane and data plane routinely spent multiple weeks setting up basic connectivity.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Engineers had to configure proxies, manage DNS entries, provision load balancers, and reason about environment-specific constraints such as intra-cluster, inter-cluster, and cross-region communication.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Despite extensive documentation and shared standards, this work remained slow, error-prone, and highly dependent on senior engineers.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The result was persistent \u201cshadow toil\u201d that distracted teams from delivering product value.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In this talk, I will share how our platform engineering team made a deliberate investment to simplify service-to-service connectivity by introducing uniform platform abstractions and out-of-the-box discovery.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Working cross-functionally with networking, compute, service framework, and authentication teams, we replaced bespoke, team-owned solutions with a consistent connectivity model that worked across deployment environments.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I will walk through the developer pain that motivated this decision, why documentation and standards alone were insufficient, the architectural and organizational trade-offs involved, and how we rolled this out incrementally without breaking existing systems.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The results included reducing service onboarding time from weeks to minutes and achieving over 70% latency improvements on certain inter-cluster paths.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>While this talk focuses on service-to-service connectivity, the lessons apply broadly to other platform domains where inconsistent abstractions quietly slow teams down as organizations scale.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-key-takeaways\">Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:list {\"ordered\":true} -->\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Why investing in platform engineering can deliver disproportionate gains in developer productivity<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>How consistent platform abstractions simplify architecture while improving latency, cost, and maintainability<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>How to identify and quantify \u201cshadow toil\u201d in areas like networking that often escape traditional metrics<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>How a developer-first mindset helped align multiple teams around a shared platform abstraction<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ol>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"session-contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item session-contributor'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/gaurav-nanda\/\" class=\"session-contributor__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/09\/1760244917797-300x300.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__details\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__label has-small-font-size\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"session-contributor__name has-medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/gaurav-nanda\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGaurav Nanda\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-contributor__role  has-small-font-size\">Senior Engineering Manager<\/span><span class=\"session-contributor__company has-separator-dot--before has-small-font-size\">Databricks<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Gaurav Nanda is an engineering leader at Databricks, where he leads platform infrastructure initiatives that enable service connectivity and ingress across complex distributed systems, helping reduce developer toil and improve system performance in large engineering organizations. His work supports Databricks\u2019 global platform and helps product teams ship new capabilities with confidence.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, he led platform engineering at Harness and was a Tech Lead at Google, working on large-scale distributed systems. Drawing on this experience, Gaurav focuses on platform engineering as a lever for reducing developer toil, improving reliability, and enabling teams to move faster as organizations scale.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/gaurav-nanda\/\" class=\"session-contributor__profile-link\">View Gaurav&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #ff326e; --grid-column: 2;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"3054\" data-tax-session-topic=\"career-development\" data-tax-session-type=\"talk\" data-tax-session-level=\"experienced-manager,staff,tech-lead\">\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Experienced Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Staff+<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Tech Lead<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Legacy as leverage: How brownfield work builds technical judgment<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>The judgment, prioritization, and trade-off thinking that legacy systems develop in engineers, and why leaders should treat brownfield work as a deliberate growth path rather than a punishment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor contributor-credit\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image contributor-credit__photo\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/shine-garg\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_720,h_839\/next\/2026\/05\/Shine-Garg-1.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor-credit__details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor-credit__details--primary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name contributor-credit__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/shine-garg\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tShine Garg\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company contributor-credit__item contributor-credit__employer has-separator-dot--before\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tUncharted Path Breakthroughs\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor-credit__details contributor-credit__details--secondary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role contributor-credit__item contributor-credit__job-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFounder &amp; Former Staff Software Engineer\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"3054\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"3054\" class=\"ld-card__modal\" closedby=\"any\" popover>\n\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #ff326e;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus>close<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>Legacy as leverage: How brownfield work builds technical judgment<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-time\">\n\t\t\t\t12:00 &#8211; 12:00\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Experienced Manager<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Staff+<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Tech Lead<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Legacy systems are often treated as a necessary evil: work to be endured before moving on to more \u201creal, strategic\u201d projects.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Early in my career, I spent several years working in brownfield systems before transitioning to large-scale microservices. At the time, that move felt like a step up.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>But looking back, the most valuable skills I relied on, judgment, prioritization, and trade-off thinking, were developed in those earlier environments.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Legacy systems force engineers to work with incomplete context, fragile dependencies, production risk, and hard trade-offs.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Small changes matter, assumptions break, and second-order effects are everywhere.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>You learn to think carefully about blast radius, release order, rollback, and what \u201cgood enough\u201d really means.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In this talk, I\u2019ll share how brownfield work builds engineering judgment in ways greenfield environments often do not.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Through examples from legacy and microservice systems, I\u2019ll show how constrained environments sharpen prioritization, change management, and technical decision-making.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I\u2019ll also explore what leaders can do with this insight: how to identify high-leverage legacy work, assign it intentionally, and make its value visible as a growth path rather than a punishment.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>You\u2019ll leave with a new way to think about legacy systems: not as a career compromise, but as one of the best training grounds for stronger engineers and more resilient technical leaders.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-key-takeaways\">Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Understand how legacy systems develop engineering judgment and decision-making<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Identify high-leverage improvements within complex, constrained systems<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Apply legacy lessons to architecture, scaling, and production risk<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Recognize and communicate the strategic value of brownfield work<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Use legacy work intentionally to grow senior engineers and strengthen systems<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"session-contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item session-contributor'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/shine-garg\/\" class=\"session-contributor__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2026\/05\/Shine-Garg-1-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__details\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__label has-small-font-size\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"session-contributor__name has-medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/shine-garg\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tShine Garg\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-contributor__role  has-small-font-size\">Founder &amp; Former Staff Software Engineer<\/span><span class=\"session-contributor__company has-separator-dot--before has-small-font-size\">Uncharted Path Breakthroughs<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Shine Garg is a former Staff Software Engineer with 15+ years of experience building and scaling systems in high-growth environments. In her most recent role, she led the design and delivery of critical platform and architectural systems used by 400+ engineers, with three patents granted for that work.<\/p>\n<p>She is now the founder of Uncharted Path Breakthroughs, where she works with senior and Staff+ engineers on challenges that often come without a playbook: navigating ambiguity, expanding scope, and building influence. Her perspective is grounded in years of operating in complex technical environments and translating that experience into practical, real-world guidance.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/shine-garg\/\" class=\"session-contributor__profile-link\">View Shine&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #ff326e; --grid-column: 2;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"3052\" data-tax-session-topic=\"velocity\" data-tax-session-type=\"talk\" data-tax-session-level=\"director,experienced-manager,tech-lead\">\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Director+<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Experienced Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Tech Lead<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Evaluating AI developer tools without the drama: A metrics-driven framework<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>A reusable framework for AI tool evaluations where developer buy-in matters as much as the metrics, including how to recover trust after a rollout that backfired.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor contributor-credit\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image contributor-credit__photo\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/christina-chan\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_507,h_507\/next\/2022\/12\/Christina-Chan-LeadDev-e1778459324194.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor-credit__details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor-credit__details--primary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name contributor-credit__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/christina-chan\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tChristina Chan\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company contributor-credit__item contributor-credit__employer has-separator-dot--before\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWealthsimple\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor-credit__details contributor-credit__details--secondary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role contributor-credit__item contributor-credit__job-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStaff Software Developer\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"3052\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"3052\" class=\"ld-card__modal\" closedby=\"any\" popover>\n\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #ff326e;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus>close<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>Evaluating AI developer tools without the drama: A metrics-driven framework<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-time\">\n\t\t\t\t12:00 &#8211; 12:00\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Director+<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Experienced Manager<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Tech Lead<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Have you ever inherited a technical decision that went sideways? Where teams were running their own experiments, trust was eroded, and every conversation felt like &#8220;my tool vs your tool&#8221;?<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Last year, I took over an AI code review tool evaluation that was heading in exactly that direction.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>An enthusiastic rollout had backfired, developers had lost trust, and teams were championing different tools with no shared criteria for success.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Six weeks later, we had a clear winner that exceeded our targets by 300%.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>More importantly, we had buy-in from developers who&#8217;d been skeptical that any AI tool could work, including those whose preferred tools didn&#8217;t make the cut.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The evaluation process was featured in The Pragmatic Engineer newsletter, but this talk goes deeper into the framework that made it work.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I&#8217;ll share the methodology we used to turn a contentious tool evaluation into a process everyone could trust.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>You&#8217;ll leave with a reusable framework for evaluating AI developer tools, or any technical decision where stakeholder buy-in matters as much as the metrics.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-key-takeaways\">Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>How to define success criteria before testing (and why this is the most critical step)<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>What to measure: quantitative metrics (time savings) and qualitative signals (developer satisfaction, signal-to-noise ratio)<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>How to structure fair comparisons when testing multiple tools in production<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>When to drop tools early vs. giving them more time<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>How transparency and maker-owner culture rebuild trust after failed rollouts<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"session-contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item session-contributor'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/christina-chan\/\" class=\"session-contributor__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"507\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2022\/12\/Christina-Chan-LeadDev-e1778459324194-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__details\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__label has-small-font-size\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"session-contributor__name has-medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/christina-chan\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tChristina Chan\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-contributor__role  has-small-font-size\">Staff Software Developer<\/span><span class=\"session-contributor__company has-separator-dot--before has-small-font-size\">Wealthsimple<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Christina Chan is a Staff Engineer at Wealthsimple, where she focuses on building solutions that help engineers ship code faster and more confidently. She&#8217;s passionate about the web, developer productivity, and building trust.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Throughout her career, she&#8217;s worked on scaling systems, incident response, and platform engineering. Christina has been a driving force in creating a more equitable and inclusive culture at Wealthsimple, founding and leading an employee resource group for folks with marginalized gender identities in engineering.<\/p>\n<p>In her free time, Christina enjoys reading fantasy and cheesy romance novels. She also has two cats: Milly and Oreo.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/christina-chan\/\" class=\"session-contributor__profile-link\">View Christina&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #ff326e; --grid-column: 2;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"3048\" data-tax-session-topic=\"velocity\" data-tax-session-type=\"talk\" data-tax-session-level=\"director,experienced-manager,staff,tech-lead\">\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Director+<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Experienced Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Staff+<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Tech Lead<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Obsessing over AI is optional<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>How four deliberate strategies got 85% of engineers to heavy AI tool use and increased throughput by 25%, without anyone needing to follow every headline.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor contributor-credit\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image contributor-credit__photo\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/dan-mahr\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_500,h_500\/next\/2026\/05\/Dan-Mahr.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor-credit__details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor-credit__details--primary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name contributor-credit__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/dan-mahr\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDan Mahr\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company contributor-credit__item contributor-credit__employer has-separator-dot--before\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDroneDeploy\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor-credit__details contributor-credit__details--secondary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role contributor-credit__item contributor-credit__job-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStaff Software Engineer\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"3048\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"3048\" class=\"ld-card__modal\" closedby=\"any\" popover>\n\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #ff326e;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus>close<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>Obsessing over AI is optional<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-time\">\n\t\t\t\t12:00 &#8211; 12:00\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Director+<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Experienced Manager<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Staff+<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Tech Lead<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&#8220;Do I fall behind and risk obsolescence, or keep up and risk burnout?&#8221;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This is how I felt as new AI models, frameworks, editors, and existential proclamations arrived daily, all while I was leading multiple projects and raising a young child.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I eventually recognized this false dichotomy: obsessively following AI news is not required to be effective. This epiphany was rooted in the Diffusion of Innovation model.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Innovators and Early Adopters exhaustively study every new development, and we need them. But being an Early Adopter doesn&#8217;t have to be your job! You can belong to the pragmatic Early Majority and capture most of the benefits by learning from your Early Adopter peers.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And these roles aren&#8217;t fixed: you might upshift to Early Adopter for the right opportunity, or downshift to Early Majority when personal circumstances arise.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Your superpower as a leader is determining which advancements do matter &#8211; through experience and institutional knowledge &#8211; and fast-tracking their adoption.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>At my company, four strategies had the biggest impact: (1) gave Early Adopters a dedicated space to share and discuss headlines, (2) ran show-and-tells to bridge Early Adopters and the Early Majority, (3) facilitated mob programming sessions for contextualized knowledge transfer, and (4) removed bureaucratic friction so promising technologies could spread quickly.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Based on DX metrics, 85% of our engineers are now &#8220;heavy&#8221; users of AI tools and DX True Throughput has increased by 25%.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This talk is for overwhelmed engineering leaders and senior ICs who feel quietly guilty about not experimenting with every AI trend.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I&#8217;ll share how I recalibrated my relationship with the AI news cycle &#8211; not by disengaging, but by becoming more deliberate about how I deliver value to my organization.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-key-takeaways\">Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Why you won&#8217;t miss the boat: truly revolutionary AI advancements will gain enough mindshare to become standard practice without having to follow every headline.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Why being in the Early Majority of AI adoption is a legitimate and sustainable baseline, and the exceptional cases when you might shift to Early Adopter.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Four specific strategies to transform Early Adopter insights into real productivity gains for everyone along the adoption curve.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>How to apply your hard-won institutional knowledge and seniority to identify the most impactful AI technologies without becoming an &#8220;&#8221;AI obsessive&#8221;&#8221; yourself.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"session-contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item session-contributor'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/dan-mahr\/\" class=\"session-contributor__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2026\/05\/Dan-Mahr-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__details\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__label has-small-font-size\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"session-contributor__name has-medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/dan-mahr\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDan Mahr\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-contributor__role  has-small-font-size\">Staff Software Engineer<\/span><span class=\"session-contributor__company has-separator-dot--before has-small-font-size\">DroneDeploy<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Dan Mahr is a Staff Software Engineer at DroneDeploy who specializes in systems for processing and visualizing geospatial data. He spent the first part of his career as a geographic information systems analyst before deciding he wanted to build geospatial software rather than merely use it. He has a bachelor&#8217;s degree in environmental science from Brown University and a master&#8217;s degree in computer science from Carnegie Mellon University. He lives in greater Boston with his family.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/dan-mahr\/\" class=\"session-contributor__profile-link\">View Dan&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t<div style=\"--grid-column: 3; --grid-row: 1;\" class=\"wp-block-pbc-agenda-single-track\">\n\t\t\n\n\n<div style=\"--grid-column: 3; --header-background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--dark-blue-indigo); padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);\" class=\"ld-agenda__heading wp-block-pbc-agenda-track-heading has-background has-dark-blue-indigo-background-color\">\n<div class=\"heading-background\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"heading-background-inner clip-right-corner-small\"><\/div>\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-base-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-93314e8d5c217b07e9702ac3cd3c4848\" id=\"h-directorplus-zone\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-weight:500;letter-spacing:0.04em;line-height:1.1;text-transform:uppercase\">DirectorPlus Zone<\/h5>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #00ddbe; --grid-column: 3;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"3071\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"directorplus-roundtable\" data-tax-session-level=\"director\">\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">DirectorPlus Roundtable<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Director+<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Work through senior leadership challenges with your peers<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Tackle tough leadership challenges with your peers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"3071\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"3071\" class=\"ld-card__modal\" closedby=\"any\" popover>\n\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #00ddbe;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">DirectorPlus Roundtable<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus>close<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>Work through senior leadership challenges with your peers<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-time\">\n\t\t\t\t12:00 &#8211; 12:00\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Director+<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph {\"className\":\"is-style-standfirst\",\"fontSize\":\"large\"} -->\n<p class=\"is-style-standfirst has-large-font-size\">Tackle tough leadership challenges with your peers<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>An essential part of the conference experience is networking and learning new things. However, opportunities for problem-solving can be limited. Join our Director+ roundtables and engage with your peers, learn from one another, and collaboratively address some of the most pressing challenges you face in your roles.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Hear what strategies have been effective and which ones have not, and gain valuable insights and knowledge that aid your decision-making.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #00ddbe; --grid-column: 3;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"3072\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"directorplus-plenary-session\" data-tax-session-level=\"director\">\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">DirectorPlus Plenary Session<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Director+<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Go deeper on the decisions shaping senior leadership<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Go deeper on the leadership challenges that matter most right now.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"3072\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"3072\" class=\"ld-card__modal\" closedby=\"any\" popover>\n\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #00ddbe;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">DirectorPlus Plenary Session<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus>close<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>Go deeper on the decisions shaping senior leadership<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-time\">\n\t\t\t\t12:00 &#8211; 12:00\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Director+<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph {\"fontSize\":\"large\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">Go deeper on the leadership challenges that matter most right now.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>DirectorPlus workshops are designed for senior engineering leaders who want more than surface-level discussion. In these focused, highly interactive sessions, you will work alongside peers facing similar organizational, technical, and people challenges. Together, you will pressure-test ideas, explore real-world scenarios, and exchange candid perspectives drawn from lived experience.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Guided by seasoned engineering leaders, these workshops create space for practical problem-solving, honest reflection, and shared learning. You will leave with concrete takeaways, sharper decision-making frameworks, and strategies you can confidently apply back at work.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t<div style=\"--grid-column: 4; --grid-row: 1;\" class=\"wp-block-pbc-agenda-single-track\">\n\t\t\n\n\n<div style=\"--grid-column: 4; --header-background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--dark-blue-indigo); padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);\" class=\"ld-agenda__heading wp-block-pbc-agenda-track-heading has-background has-dark-blue-indigo-background-color\">\n<div class=\"heading-background\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"heading-background-inner clip-right-corner-small\"><\/div>\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-base-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-567344682980c405d666d99a8f71dc1d\" id=\"h-community-zone\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-weight:500;letter-spacing:0.04em;line-height:1.1;text-transform:uppercase\">Community Zone<\/h5>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #1d67ea; --grid-column: 4;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"3057\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"office-hours\" data-tax-session-level=\"director,experienced-manager,new-manager,staff,tech-lead\">\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Office Hours<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Director+<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Experienced Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>New Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Staff+<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Tech Lead<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Meet the speakers<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Chat with speakers face-to-face in a relaxed, conversational environment<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"3057\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"3057\" class=\"ld-card__modal\" closedby=\"any\" popover>\n\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #1d67ea;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Office Hours<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus>close<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>Meet the speakers<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-time\">\n\t\t\t\t12:00 &#8211; 12:00\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Director+<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Experienced Manager<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">New Manager<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Staff+<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Tech Lead<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph {\"className\":\"is-style-standfirst\",\"fontSize\":\"large\"} -->\n<p class=\"is-style-standfirst has-large-font-size\">If you\u2019re inspired by a talk, want to learn more, or just want to chat about it with other folks, head to our Office Hours area where our speakers will be waiting for you.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"session-contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #a94ef7; --grid-column: 4;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"589\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"speed-coaching\" data-tax-session-level=\"\">\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Speed Coaching<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Free 1:1 coaching<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Watch or participate in free 1:1 coaching.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"589\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"589\" class=\"ld-card__modal\" closedby=\"any\" popover>\n\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #a94ef7;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Speed Coaching<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus>close<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>Free 1:1 coaching<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-time\">\n\t\t\t\t12:00 &#8211; 12:00\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph {\"className\":\"is-style-standfirst\",\"fontSize\":\"large\"} -->\n<p class=\"is-style-standfirst has-large-font-size\">Watch or participate in free 1:1 coaching.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"session-contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #1d67ea; --grid-column: 4;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"3089\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"next-steps-ama\" data-tax-session-level=\"director,experienced-manager,new-manager,staff,tech-lead\">\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Next Steps AMA<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Director+<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Experienced Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>New Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Staff+<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Tech Lead<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Get clarity on your next career move<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Ask leaders what it takes to grow into your next role and succeed once you get there.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"3089\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"3089\" class=\"ld-card__modal\" closedby=\"any\" popover>\n\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #1d67ea;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Next Steps AMA<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus>close<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>Get clarity on your next career move<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-time\">\n\t\t\t\t12:00 &#8211; 12:00\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Director+<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Experienced Manager<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">New Manager<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Staff+<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Tech Lead<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph {\"className\":\"is-style-standfirst\",\"fontSize\":\"large\"} -->\n<p class=\"is-style-standfirst has-large-font-size\">Find out the secrets to success in your next career move<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A huge part of LeadDev is helping people advance in their career &#8211; but understanding the expectations of the role above you isn\u2019t always easy.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As such, Next Steps AMAs bring together groups of leaders who can help answer the fundamental questions that folks have relating to their role; how do I advocate for my promotion, what will my new responsibilities be; how will I know that I\u2019m successful?<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #fd6d50; --grid-column: 4;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"706\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"meet-the-author\" data-tax-session-level=\"director,experienced-manager,new-manager,staff,tech-lead\">\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Meet the Author<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Director+<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Experienced Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>New Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Staff+<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Tech Lead<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Meet the minds behind the books<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Bring a book and get it signed or just have a chat.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"706\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"706\" class=\"ld-card__modal\" closedby=\"any\" popover>\n\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #fd6d50;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Meet the Author<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus>close<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>Meet the minds behind the books<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-time\">\n\t\t\t\t12:00 &#8211; 12:00\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Director+<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Experienced Manager<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">New Manager<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Staff+<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Tech Lead<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph {\"className\":\"is-style-standfirst\",\"fontSize\":\"large\"} -->\n<p class=\"is-style-standfirst has-large-font-size\">Bring a book to get signed, ask a question, or have an informal chat with the author.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Meet the Author sessions are informal opportunities to connect one on one with authors shaping conversations in software engineering.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Bring a book to get signed, ask a question, or just stop by for a chat about their work, ideas, and perspectives on the latest in tech.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #a94ef7; --grid-column: 4;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"693\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"solution-swap\" data-tax-session-level=\"director,experienced-manager,new-manager,staff,tech-lead\">\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Solution Swap<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Director+<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Experienced Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>New Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Staff+<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Tech Lead<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Compare different ways to tackle a challenge<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Share your approach, hear how others would respond, and get coach feedback on what could happen next.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"693\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"693\" class=\"ld-card__modal\" closedby=\"any\" popover>\n\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #a94ef7;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Solution Swap<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus>close<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>Compare different ways to tackle a challenge<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-time\">\n\t\t\t\t12:00 &#8211; 12:00\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Director+<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Experienced Manager<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">New Manager<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Staff+<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Tech Lead<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph {\"className\":\"is-style-standfirst\",\"fontSize\":\"large\"} -->\n<p class=\"is-style-standfirst has-large-font-size\">Trade tactics for tackling everyday challenges<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Sometimes it can feel like every problem has only one answer &#8211; but the truth is, in leadership there\u2019s never a single solution. But when you\u2019re in the thick of a problem, it can be hard to get the headspace to see other ways to tackle a challenge.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In our solution swap sessions, attendees will get the chance to say how they\u2019d tackle a common issue and compare their ideas with how other leaders would confront the same problem. Our coaches will give direct feedback about the possible consequences (both positive and negative) of the ideas &#8211; and will ask the key question &#8211; if you were to do this, and then this happened &#8211; what would you do next?<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #00beff; --grid-column: 4;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"1533\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"table-talks\" data-tax-session-level=\"director,experienced-manager,new-manager,staff,tech-lead\">\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Table Talks<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Director+<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Experienced Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>New Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Staff+<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Tech Lead<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Discuss key challenges with engineering leaders<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Join facilitated conversations and dive into key issues facing engineering teams.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"1533\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"1533\" class=\"ld-card__modal\" closedby=\"any\" popover>\n\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #00beff;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Table Talks<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus>close<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>Discuss key challenges with engineering leaders<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-time\">\n\t\t\t\t12:00 &#8211; 12:00\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Director+<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Experienced Manager<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">New Manager<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Staff+<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Tech Lead<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph {\"className\":\"is-style-standfirst\",\"fontSize\":\"large\"} -->\n<p class=\"is-style-standfirst has-large-font-size\">Dive into some of the key issues facing engineering teams.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>There\u2019s never a single silver bullet for any problem and often you\u2019ll need to combine the ideas of multiple people to find the perfect solution for your team. We\u2019ll be discussing some core issues in our Table Talk sessions, hosted by a group of engineering leaders who are on hand to help guide the conversation.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #7864ff; --grid-column: 4;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"3080\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"community-representation-groups\" data-tax-session-level=\"director,experienced-manager,new-manager,staff,tech-lead\">\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Community Representation Groups<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Director+<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Experienced Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>New Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Staff+<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Tech Lead<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Connect with folks over shared experiences<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Build a peer network with people who understand the challenges underrepresented leaders can face.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"3080\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"3080\" class=\"ld-card__modal\" closedby=\"any\" popover>\n\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #7864ff;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Community Representation Groups<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus>close<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>Connect with folks over shared experiences<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-time\">\n\t\t\t\t12:00 &#8211; 12:00\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Director+<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Experienced Manager<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">New Manager<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Staff+<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Tech Lead<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Everyone\u2019s journey into leadership is tough, but folks who are underrepresented in tech often face their own unique set of challenges. And that can lead to people feeling isolated in their experiences.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Come to the community representation groups, where you\u2019ll be able to connect with folks who might have similar backgrounds and experiences to you, and where you\u2019ll be able to build a peer network for support throughout your journey.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #00dcbe; --grid-column: 4;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"1551\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"industry-interest-groups\" data-tax-session-level=\"director,experienced-manager,new-manager,staff,tech-lead\">\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Industry Interest Groups<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Director+<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Experienced Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>New Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Staff+<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Tech Lead<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Meet peers in your industry<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Share ideas, compare challenges, and exchange solutions with people working in similar domains.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"1551\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"1551\" class=\"ld-card__modal\" closedby=\"any\" popover>\n\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #00dcbe;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Industry Interest Groups<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus>close<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>Meet peers in your industry<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-time\">\n\t\t\t\t12:00 &#8211; 12:00\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Director+<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Experienced Manager<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">New Manager<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Staff+<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Tech Lead<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph {\"className\":\"is-style-standfirst\",\"fontSize\":\"large\"} -->\n<p class=\"is-style-standfirst has-large-font-size\">Connect with folks over shared experiences<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Building great software comes with unique challenges in every industry and often, the best insights come from others who are in the same boat. Join our relaxed sessions where you can meet peers working in similar domains to share ideas, collaborate on challenges and exchange solutions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #7864ff; --grid-column: 4;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"3082\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"peer-hangouts\" data-tax-session-level=\"director,experienced-manager,new-manager,staff,tech-lead\">\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Peer Hangouts<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Director+<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Experienced Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>New Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Staff+<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Tech Lead<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Hang out with other leaders in similar roles<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Join a relaxed role-based conversation with peers who understand the context you\u2019re working in.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"3082\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"3082\" class=\"ld-card__modal\" closedby=\"any\" popover>\n\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #7864ff;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Peer Hangouts<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus>close<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>Hang out with other leaders in similar roles<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-time\">\n\t\t\t\t12:00 &#8211; 12:00\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Director+<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Experienced Manager<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">New Manager<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Staff+<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Tech Lead<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Comparing notes on shared challenges that come with your role has never been easier. Peer Hangouts are 30-minute, casual networking sessions for folks to talk through their experiences and challenges with peers who understand the context they&#8217;re working in. Drop in and join a conversation!<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #00beff; --grid-column: 4;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"3088\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"staffplus-huddle\" data-tax-session-level=\"staff\">\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">StaffPlus Huddle<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Staff+<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Work through challenges with fellow senior ICs<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Bring a challenge, hear how others have approached similar situations, and leave with new perspectives.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"3088\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"3088\" class=\"ld-card__modal\" closedby=\"any\" popover>\n\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #00beff;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">StaffPlus Huddle<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus>close<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>Work through challenges with fellow senior ICs<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-time\">\n\t\t\t\t12:00 &#8211; 12:00\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Staff+<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The best solutions don\u2019t come from isolated thinking \u2013 they come from candid conversations with people who\u2019ve been there. Join fellow senior ICs, throw your challenge into the mix, learn from each other\u2019s experiences, and leave with perspectives you couldn\u2019t have found on your own.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #f2d665; --grid-column: 4;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"3083\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"meet-up-panel\" data-tax-session-level=\"director,experienced-manager,new-manager,staff,tech-lead\">\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Meet-up Panel<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Director+<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Experienced Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>New Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Staff+<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Tech Lead<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Building the LeadDev community: A meet-ups AMA<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Discover how to engage with the global LeadDev engineering leadership community.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"3083\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"3083\" class=\"ld-card__modal\" closedby=\"any\" popover>\n\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #f2d665;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Meet-up Panel<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus>close<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>Building the LeadDev community: A meet-ups AMA<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-time\">\n\t\t\t\t12:00 &#8211; 12:00\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Director+<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Experienced Manager<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">New Manager<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Staff+<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Tech Lead<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Curious about how LeadDev meet-ups run around the world, or thinking about starting one where you live?<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Join current LeadDev meetup organisers for a live AMA on how the meetup programme works, what it\u2019s really like to run a local community, and how you can get involved.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Whether you\u2019re interested in launching a meet-up, speaking, sponsoring, or supporting local organisers, this session will show you how the LeadDev community comes to life, and how you can be part of it.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-find-ou-t-how-you-can-get-involved\"><strong>Find ou<\/strong>t how you can get involved:<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Become an organizing host<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Deliver a talk<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Sponsor a venue<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Volunteer to support<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #1d67ea; --grid-column: 4;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"705\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"contributor-ama\" data-tax-session-level=\"director,experienced-manager,new-manager,staff,tech-lead\">\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Contributor AMA<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Director+<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Experienced Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>New Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Staff+<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Tech Lead<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Become a LeadDev Contributor AMA<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Join the LeadDev content team to explore ways to share your experience and get involved as a contributor.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor contributor-credit\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image contributor-credit__photo\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/scott-carey\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_609,h_609\/next\/2022\/10\/1705506333818.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor-credit__details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor-credit__details--primary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name contributor-credit__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/scott-carey\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tScott Carey\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company contributor-credit__item contributor-credit__employer has-separator-dot--before\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLeadDev\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor-credit__details contributor-credit__details--secondary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role contributor-credit__item contributor-credit__job-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEditor in Chief\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor contributor-credit\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image contributor-credit__photo\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/ruth-yarnit\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_400,h_400\/next\/2020\/08\/Ruth-Yarnit-1.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor-credit__details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor-credit__details--primary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name contributor-credit__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/ruth-yarnit\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRuth Yarnit\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company contributor-credit__item contributor-credit__employer has-separator-dot--before\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLeadDev\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor-credit__details contributor-credit__details--secondary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role contributor-credit__item contributor-credit__job-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCEO &amp; Co-founder\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"705\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"705\" class=\"ld-card__modal\" closedby=\"any\" popover>\n\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #1d67ea;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Contributor AMA<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus>close<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>Become a LeadDev Contributor AMA<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-time\">\n\t\t\t\t12:00 &#8211; 12:00\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Director+<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Experienced Manager<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">New Manager<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Staff+<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Tech Lead<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Want to contribute to LeadDev but not sure where to start?<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Join the LeadDev content team for a relaxed AMA session where you can ask questions about getting involved.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Whether you are interested in <strong>speaking on stage<\/strong>, <strong>writing an article<\/strong>, or <strong>hosting a meetup<\/strong>, this session will guide you through the process. You will learn how to create strong speaker submissions and engaging article proposals, and discover how to take your first step toward becoming a LeadDev contributor.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"session-contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item session-contributor'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/scott-carey\/\" class=\"session-contributor__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"609\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2022\/10\/1705506333818-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__details\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__label has-small-font-size\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"session-contributor__name has-medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/scott-carey\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tScott Carey\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-contributor__role  has-small-font-size\">Editor in Chief<\/span><span class=\"session-contributor__company has-separator-dot--before has-small-font-size\">LeadDev<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Scott Carey is the Editor in Chief at LeadDev. An experienced technology journalist, he has covered software development for Computerworld, CIO, and InfoWorld before joining LeadDev.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/scott-carey\/\" class=\"session-contributor__profile-link\">View Scott&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item session-contributor'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/ruth-yarnit\/\" class=\"session-contributor__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2020\/08\/Ruth-Yarnit-1-300x300.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__details\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"session-contributor__name has-medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/ruth-yarnit\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRuth Yarnit\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-contributor__role  has-small-font-size\">CEO &amp; Co-founder<\/span><span class=\"session-contributor__company has-separator-dot--before has-small-font-size\">LeadDev<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-contributor__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Ruth Yarnit co-founded White October Events with Dave Fletcher in 2013 to run human-centred events for the tech industry. The White October Events team creates content and conferences for the leaders and changemakers in software engineering teams around the world, developing their tech, team and tools to advance their businesses. Lead Dev is their flagship event with conferences in London, New York, Berlin and San Francisco. Ruth is interested in human beings and teams, both in her own business and in the wider tech industry. Outside of work she is particularly interested in two small human beings, aged 1 and 3.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/ruth-yarnit\/\" class=\"session-contributor__profile-link\">View Ruth&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t<div style=\"--grid-column: 5; --grid-row: 1;\" class=\"wp-block-pbc-agenda-single-track\">\n\t\t\n\n\n<div style=\"--grid-column: 5; --header-background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--dark-blue-indigo); padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);\" class=\"ld-agenda__heading wp-block-pbc-agenda-track-heading has-background has-dark-blue-indigo-background-color\">\n<div class=\"heading-background\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"heading-background-inner clip-right-corner-small\"><\/div>\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-base-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5e7703aa606d84d43cf9bf4d9e6d0a7c\" id=\"h-workshop-zone\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-weight:500;letter-spacing:0.04em;line-height:1.1;text-transform:uppercase\">Workshop Zone<\/h5>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #ff9e53; --grid-column: 5;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"1554\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"workshop\" data-tax-session-level=\"director,experienced-manager,new-manager,staff,tech-lead\">\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Workshop<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Director+<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Experienced Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>New Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Staff+<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Tech Lead<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Lean into intimate, interactive sessions and put your skills into practice<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Join one of seven 80-minute micro-workshops included as part of your conference pass.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"1554\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"1554\" class=\"ld-card__modal\" closedby=\"any\" popover>\n\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #ff9e53;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Workshop<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus>close<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>Lean into intimate, interactive sessions and put your skills into practice<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-time\">\n\t\t\t\t12:00 &#8211; 12:00\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Director+<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Experienced Manager<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">New Manager<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Staff+<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"session-level\">Tech Lead<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph {\"className\":\"is-style-standfirst\",\"fontSize\":\"large\"} -->\n<p class=\"is-style-standfirst has-large-font-size\">Join one of seven 80-minute workshops included as part of your conference pass. Check back soon for full details. 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