Engineering leadership

Engineering leadership is less about having every answer and more about improving the system in which decisions get made. These essays cover team health, communication, judgment, careers, and the human side of technical work.

Lead teams well

• Effective Teams — the conditions that let teams do their best work.
• Team Communication — reducing ambiguity and keeping work aligned.
• Healthy and Unhealthy Conflict — making disagreement productive.
• Managing Complex Change — helping organizations move through uncertainty.

Improve engineering judgment

• Code Reviews — using review to improve both code and shared understanding.
• The Soft Parts of Software Engineering — the skills that compound beyond code.
• First-principles thinking for software engineers
• High Agency Matters

Grow a durable career

• 21 Lessons from 21 Years in Tech
• 14 More Lessons from a Life in Tech
• Career Advice in the Age of Agents
• Don’t Outsource Your Learning

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