# Dev Interrupted Blog

> Dev Interrupted is where engineering leaders break through the noise.

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# Dev Interrupted

Dev Interrupted is where engineering leaders break through the noise.

[![Cover image for The Importance of Developer Velocity and Engineering Processes](https://assets.linearb.io/image/upload/c_limit,w_2560/f_auto/q_auto/v1/02_4c318804d3?_a=BAVMn6ID0)](https://linearb.io/dev-interrupted/blog/the-importance-of-developer-velocity-and-engineering-processes)

[The Importance of Developer Velocity and Engineering Processes](https://linearb.io/dev-interrupted/blog/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

[![Cover image for Going from an Individual Contributor to an Engineering Manager is NOT a promotion](https://assets.linearb.io/image/upload/c_limit,w_2560/f_auto/q_auto/v1/Going_from_an_Individual_Contributor_to_an_Engineering_Manager_is_NOT_a_promotion_30af9d8d4c?_a=BAVMn6ID0)](https://linearb.io/dev-interrupted/blog/going-from-an-individual-contributor-to-an-engineering-manager-is-not-a-promotion)

[Going from an Individual Contributor to an Engineering Manager is NOT a promotion](https://linearb.io/dev-interrupted/blog/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...

[![Cover image for 5 Leadership Lessons From Microsoft, Netflix, Stack Overflow, GitLab & Equinix](https://assets.linearb.io/image/upload/c_limit,w_2560/f_auto/q_auto/v1/5_Leadership_Lessons_From_Microsoft_Netflix_Stack_Overflow_Git_Lab_and_Equinix_4227ae6327?_a=BAVMn6ID0)](https://linearb.io/dev-interrupted/blog/five-leadership-lessons-i-learned)

[5 Leadership Lessons From Microsoft, Netflix, Stack Overflow, GitLab & Equinix](https://linearb.io/dev-interrupted/blog/five-leadership-lessons-i-learned)

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...

## Real conversations with top engineering leaders every week

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[![Cover image for How to Be an Engineering Leader: A Letter to my Past Self](https://assets.linearb.io/image/upload/c_limit,w_2560/f_auto/q_auto/v1/1_Calsfo_J0_Hpt2_Pw4uu_Wm_P_Cw_b01576cd02?_a=BAVMn6ID0)](https://linearb.io/dev-interrupted/blog/how-to-be-an-engineering-leader-a-letter-to-my-past-self)

[How to Be an Engineering Leader: A Letter to my Past Self](https://linearb.io/dev-interrupted/blog/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.

[![Cover image for Will the Real Senior Dev Please Stand Up? (2021 Edition)](https://assets.linearb.io/image/upload/c_limit,w_2560/f_auto/q_auto/v1/Will_the_Real_Senior_Dev_Please_Stand_Up_fcf5ad195d?_a=BAVMn6ID0)](https://linearb.io/dev-interrupted/blog/will-the-real-senior-developer-please-stand-up-2021-edition)

[Will the Real Senior Dev Please Stand Up? (2021 Edition)](https://linearb.io/dev-interrupted/blog/will-the-real-senior-developer-please-stand-up-2021-edition)

The rise of remote work is truly changing the landscape of hiring developers and finding talent. But are companies better able to find The True Senior Software...

[![Cover image for Low-Code and Open Source as a Strategy](https://assets.linearb.io/image/upload/c_limit,w_2560/f_auto/q_auto/v1/Low_Code_and_Open_Source_as_a_Strategy_37aae7ad7a?_a=BAVMn6ID0)](https://linearb.io/dev-interrupted/blog/low-code-and-open-source-as-a-strategy)

[Low-Code and Open Source as a Strategy](https://linearb.io/dev-interrupted/blog/low-code-and-open-source-as-a-strategy)

Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last year, you must have heard about this brand new shiny thing called “No-Code” and “Low-Code” .

## Most popular

[How Healthy Engineering Teams Invest Their Time](https://linearb.io/dev-interrupted/blog/how-healthy-engineering-teams-invest-their-time)

[](https://linearb.io/dev-interrupted/blog/how-healthy-engineering-teams-invest-their-time)

[Dev Interrupted's Best Programmer Humor](https://linearb.io/dev-interrupted/blog/dev-interrupteds-best-programmer-humor)

[](https://linearb.io/dev-interrupted/blog/dev-interrupteds-best-programmer-humor)

[Creating a Culture of Engineering Productivity at Netflix](https://linearb.io/dev-interrupted/blog/creating-a-culture-of-engineering-productivity-at-netflix)

[](https://linearb.io/dev-interrupted/blog/creating-a-culture-of-engineering-productivity-at-netflix)

[![Cover image for 7 Pieces of Bad Advice for Women in Engineering Leadership](https://assets.linearb.io/image/upload/c_limit,w_2560/f_auto/q_auto/v1/7_Pieces_of_Bad_Advice_for_Women_in_Engineering_Leadership_b0398c11a9?_a=BAVMn6ID0)](https://linearb.io/dev-interrupted/blog/7-pieces-of-bad-advice-for-women-in-engineering-leadership)

[7 Pieces of Bad Advice for Women in Engineering Leadership](https://linearb.io/dev-interrupted/blog/7-pieces-of-bad-advice-for-women-in-engineering-leadership)

Have you ever attended an event in which you were asked to give advice to someone starting something new (career, baby, wedding)? Whenever confronted with that...

[![Cover image for Measuring Developers Isn’t Tyranny](https://assets.linearb.io/image/upload/c_limit,w_2560/f_auto/q_auto/v1/Measuring_Developers_Isn_t_Tyranny_5dc93ab260?_a=BAVMn6ID0)](https://linearb.io/dev-interrupted/blog/measuring-developers-isnt-tyranny)

[Measuring Developers Isn’t Tyranny](https://linearb.io/dev-interrupted/blog/measuring-developers-isnt-tyranny)

Informing someone that you want to “measure” them is not a great way to start a conversation. Software developers, like all people, tend to look unfavorably...

[![Cover image for Your dev team lead is not controlling enough](https://assets.linearb.io/image/upload/c_limit,w_2560/f_auto/q_auto/v1/Your_dev_team_lead_is_not_controlling_enough_14175df5d1?_a=BAVMn6ID0)](https://linearb.io/dev-interrupted/blog/your-dev-team-lead-is-not-controlling-enough)

[Your dev team lead is not controlling enough](https://linearb.io/dev-interrupted/blog/your-dev-team-lead-is-not-controlling-enough)

When I first got promoted to team lead I was highly controlling. I literally did most of my team’s work for them. I worked seventeen hours a day six days a...

[](https://linearb.io/dev-interrupted/blog/p/3)
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[5](https://linearb.io/dev-interrupted/blog/p/5)
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