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Demand for engineering managers is surging in the agentic coding era
Just not necessarily to be managers…
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The uncomfortable middle: Growing as a Director in uncertain times
Grow as a leader of leaders through reorgs, role shifts, and team tensions in the messy middle of uncertainty.
Editor’s picks
1:1s Foundations: best practices for conversations that count
Building a safe space during your one-to-one meetings, where your direct report can be open and honest
Performance season made easy with this proven strategy
Performance review seasons are tense times for managers and reports alike. Here’s a system to smooth the process over.
New York • September 15-16, 2026
Full LDX3 lineup is here 🙌
Essential reading
Reasons to step into a leadership role (and the reasons not to)
Thinking of becoming an engineering leader? Let Pat Kua help you with the first step of the journey.
On our Engineering Management playlist
It’s time to pay off your management debt
Explore management debt’s impact on organizations, uncovering inefficiencies and missed opportunities. Learn actionable strategies to identify, track, and eliminate management debt for sustainable growth.
Resilient Management: Lara Hogan in conversation
Resilient Management is a guide to building, inspiring and leading resilient teams
Managing authentically across levels
Learn how to manage engineers at all levels with practical tips for adapting your style to support growth and foster a thriving, high-performing engineering team.
Effective communication: Mastering growth-oriented feedback
Discover strategies for delivering feedback that builds trust and openness. Learn science-backed techniques to make feedback constructive, approachable, and growth-focused, helping teams unlock their full potential.
Tactics for developing junior engineers
How to plan out intentional time for junior talent to be as productive as possible
The festival for modern engineering leadership
London • June 2 & 3, 2026
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6 ways to effectively lead software engineering managers
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Ask Mathias: How can I build a business that lasts?
In today’s market it can be difficult to know where to start when building your business. Community corner’s Mathias is here to help.
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Provide growth opportunities for your team this summer
Summer is the time for holiday. With so many people going on leave, how can you split up tasks to make sure everything is completed on time?
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How to keep an eye on organizational debt
Organizational debt may not always be on the forefront of leaders’ minds, but it’s important to keep an eye out.
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What Andreesen Horowitz got wrong about engineering management
The venture capitalists are coming for your BS jobs.
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Getting operational visibility from afar without micromanaging
It can be difficult to find the right balance between gaining visibility into your team’s actions and creating space for autonomy.
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Learning the right lessons from that Cloudflare firing video
How not to go viral for all the wrong reasons.
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Managing your to-do list as a staff+ engineer
Successfully divvying up your time as a staff+ engineer means intentionally separating tasks priority, consultation, and hobby brackets.
Top Engineering Management Videos
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In partnership with SwarmiaMastering the art of project prioritization
How do you decide which projects to prioritize, when everything seems urgent?
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In partnership with incident.ioReducing the burden of incident response on your teams
Unlock system reliability through a culture of shared responsibility and collaboration
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In partnership with JellyfishStrategies for leaders when planning the annual roadmap
What does a good yearly roadmap look like?
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How I tackled the fear of metrics to level up conversations with my ICs
Jasmine Oliveira discusses how she worked with her ICs to develop a space where the use of metrics felt less intimidating and more like a valuable tool for growth.
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Challenges in transforming a multicultural local-only company to a remote-first
Felipe Furlan discusses the most significant challenges and the strategies we use to overcome them. I will also discuss the advantages and disadvantages of such a strategy.
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How do you effectively manage senior ICs?
What does a good manager and direct report relationship look like for ICs?
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You will ship your org chart: understanding organization structure tradeoffs
Adam Berman talks about how your organization structure has a big impact on your workflows. Learn how to bolster your approach to drive more efficient product development.
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Sustaining Innovation with changing times: Adapting systems, teams, processes and yourself
This talk will look at two common themes – trust and adaptability – in systems, teams and process.