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Stories and advice for dev leaders, written by dev leaders. How to scale your team, which metrics to use, how to grow your career… even how to explain software development to your CEO (hint: very carefully 😉 )
7 Steps to Reduce Code Smell 🦨
Connor McClannahan

7 Steps to Reduce Code Smell 🦨

Does your old code have a plethora of issues? Here are seven tips to lessen your code smell and improve your code
Community AMA: Adam Furtado and Scaling Kessel Run
Connor McClannahan

Community AMA: Adam Furtado and Scaling Kessel Run

Adam Furtado joins the Dev Interrupted Discord community to discuss his leadership at Kessel Run and how they scale.
Collective Community: How we empower developers
Connor McClannahan

Collective Community: How we empower developers

Ben Matthews, Director of Engineering at Stack Overflow, talks about how they put developers first and their new release, Collectives.
Starting an SRE Team? Stay Away From Uptime.
Conor Bronsdon

Starting an SRE Team? Stay Away From Uptime.

Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) has become popular with many large tech companies. If you are starting an SRE team, learn how to do it the best way.
How to Handle Hypergrowth in a Remote World
Connor McClannahan

How to Handle Hypergrowth in a Remote World

Does your business know how to tackle hypergrowth? Heidi Williams, Head of Engineering at Grammarly, gives us advice from her experience.
Two Key Focuses (And a Checklist) For New Engineering Managers
Connor McClannahan

Two Key Focuses (And a Checklist) For New Engineering Managers

Anand Safi, Engineering Leader at Mark43, lists two areas for beginning engineering managers to focus and build upon.
The Importance of Developer Velocity and Engineering Processes
Connor McClannahan

The Importance of Developer Velocity and Engineering Processes

Developer velocity and engineering processes are critical to organizational success - both subjects will be presented at INTERACT
5 Leadership Lessons From Microsoft, Netflix, Stack Overflow, GitLab & Equinix
Dan Lines

5 Leadership Lessons From Microsoft, Netflix, Stack Overflow, GitLab & Equinix

In my first year as the host of the Dev Interrupted podcast, Dan Lines had the pleasure of interviewing and learning from some of the best engineering leaders in the business. Here are 5 of their most inspiring lessons:
Going from an Individual Contributor to an Engineering Manager is NOT a promotion
Anand Safi

Going from an Individual Contributor to an Engineering Manager is NOT a promotion

In my role as an engineering manager, I know making the leap from an individual contributor (IC) to engineering manager (EM) is not a promotion. Instead, it’s a different career track.
How to Be an Engineering Leader: A Letter to my Past Self
Tiffany Jachja

How to Be an Engineering Leader: A Letter to my Past Self

Everyone has their own definition of true leadership. What I didn’t understand at the start of my leadership journey was that each of us is a leader.

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