#Engineering-Leadership
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Becoming a Better Writer
The article argues that writing is a core skill in tech leadership and lays out a practical loop: draft, edit, seek feedback, study strong examples, and build habits that make writing regular practice.
Strategic Thinking for Staff+ Engineers
Shweta Saraf outlines a framework for strategic thinking that starts with diagnosis, guiding principles, execution, and metrics, then applies it to risk, innovation, culture, and leadership.
Replace All Staff Engineers with Multiple New Grads!
The post compares a team of two Staff Engineers with a team of eight new grads and argues that each group brings different strengths, tradeoffs, and failure modes, so balanced teams work best.
Books I read in September 2024: The Good, The Great and the Meh
The post reviews three September reads: Carrère’s essay collection, Huston’s engineering leadership book, and Morin’s self-help title, ranking them by how useful and engaging they felt.
All I Need to Know About Engineering Leadership I Learned From Leave No Trace
A articulation of Leave No Trace with engineering leadership becomes seven principles applied to software: plan, use durable technology, clean up technical debt, give back improvements, and treat security as care with broad impacts.
Building A Strong Ownership Culture in A Team
The text argues that ownership culture grows when leaders give people context, clarity, and room to act. It links that culture to regular one-on-ones, explicit goals, team rituals, expertise-building, and delegation, while noting that the approach needs time and adaptation.
How Can Engineer Leaders Stay Technical?
A CTO explains how he keeps technical depth without coding daily, and the piece weighs that against the power asymmetry risk of a manager's technical opinion going unchallenged.
Beyond Staff Engineer
Alex Ewerlöf describes what Senior Staff Engineer changes from Staff Engineer: less hands-on code, more delegation, longer time horizons, and communication built for a 10x larger network.