Learn from some of the most accomplished engineering leaders. This blog brings you key insights from fellow engineering managers and tech leaders to level-up your management skills and to take your developer team to the next level.
Level-up Engineering Podcast #14
You've just become a manager, and don't know where to start? You're close to a promotion, and want to be ready? It's unclear what you should focus on, how to get accepted, and how to streamline your ocean of tasks?
Jeff Perry has faced all these problems, and he'll help you find the way to success in this new role.
Level-up Engineering Podcast #12
You're moving to a new company as an engineering leader? You're just assuming the role for the first time? You've been at it for a while and wondering if you're doing all right? Check out this interview with Steven McCord, Senior Vice President of Technology at WhyHotel, where he shares his best tips and tricks on how to get started as an engineering leader, and become successful at it over your first 100 days.
State of Software Development 2020 report
Level-up Engineering Podcast #13
Software development trends come and go rapidly. A tool or framework used today might be obsolete tomorrow. We take a snapshot of the industry every year, to see how it has evolved, and make an educated guess as to where it’s headed.
The 2020 report gives you the data you need to benchmark your activities against other survey participants, get insight from others walking in your shoes to improve your developer team and keep up with the industry.
Level-up Engineering Podcast #11
Building your engineering culture is a delicate process with little proven know-how going around on it. In this interview we're giving you an insight into Monzo's engineering culture to show you how it can work if all is going right, and get you tips to make it so for your own people.
We recently held a company-wide hackathon at Coding Sans, and went with making it a Lean Poker event. It proved to be a great way to teach agile principles to our developers, it was a lot of fun for everyone involved, and got everyone in the company closer together.
Level-up Engineering Podcast #10
We interviewed Greg Sabo, from Asana on recruiting engineers, to learn how one of the top companies in the industry faces this challenge. Check it out for actionable tips that can take your recruitment process to the next level as well!
Keeping up-to-date with the technology trends is absolutely essential for tech leads and engineering managers. Sharpening your managerial skills is just as important if you are to succeed at your job. But how to do it?
In this post we're taking a look at how successful tech leaders stay current with the trends, and what are the best ways to find great content, and the best format to consume them in.
Level-up Engineering Podcast #8
Engineering productivity is the key to unlock real treasure in the software development industry. So we interviewed Camille Fournier, well-known and successful engineering leader on engineering productivity and for real-life, actionable insights on how to maximize it.
