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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 😉 )
Will the Real Senior Dev Please Stand Up? (2021 Edition)
Tomasz Warkasa

Will the Real Senior Dev 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 Developers in 2021?
Low-Code and Open Source as a Strategy
Thomas Hansen

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” .
7 Pieces of Bad Advice for Women in Engineering Leadership
Judy Johnson

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 question, my answer is “don’t take people’s advice.”
Measuring Developers Isn’t Tyranny
Nick Hodges

Measuring Developers Isn’t 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 upon having their performance closely
Your dev team lead is not controlling enough
Rocco Seyboth

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 week to ensure every single task was completed to my exact specification. 
Those "Pesky" Pull Requests Are Totally Worth It
LinearB

Those "Pesky" Pull Requests Are Totally Worth It

Pretty much everyone does code reviews. They’ve been around a long time. I remember back in my Borland days when the Chief Scientist would come in every morning and review all the code that had been checked into the Subversion(!) repository the previous day and send emails out to folks whose code wasn’t up to snuff.
9 Things I’ve Learned About Software Development Management
Nick Hodges

9 Things I’ve Learned About Software Development Management

Managing the software development process has been likened to herding cats. In other words, you can’t really do it, but you can sure give it the old college try.
Five Benefits of Open Source Software for Your Organization
Doron Gill

Five Benefits of Open Source Software for Your Organization

Learn five key benefits your software organization can gain from using open source software. 

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