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LeadDev editor’s picks: January 2023

From leading through an economic downturn, to embracing risk, here are the five articles you absolutely need to read from December on LeadDev.
December 21, 2022

From leading through an economic downturn, to embracing risk, we rounded out the year covering some pertinent topics for engineering leaders as we move into 2023.

In no particular order, here are the five articles you absolutely need to read from December on LeadDev.

1. James Stanier, Encouraging autonomy within engineering teams

How to build teams that don’t need you is a challenge we hear all the time from engineering managers. Luckily, Director of Engineering at Shopify, James Stanier, writes brilliantly on the topic.

“Running a successful team is about relinquishing that control. It’s about delegation, self-organization, and ensuring that the team intuitively knows what the most important thing to be working on is,” he writes.

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