LeadDev Courses

Beyond the Headlines - Engineering Leadership in 2025

Discover key insights from 1,000+ engineering leaders on how their roles are evolving amid economic and technological shifts in 2025.

• YouTube
• 11 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Migrations Done Right - Success Stories and Lessons Learned

Master safe, large-scale system migrations using incremental delivery, traffic splitting, and feature flags to avoid risky big-bang releases while maintaining user trust.

• YouTube
• 26 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Debugging Self-Doubt - A Framework for Building Confidence

Discover a practical 5-step debugging framework to overcome imposter syndrome and build genuine confidence as an engineering leader through real-world examples and actionable tools.

• YouTube
• 11 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

High-Performance Tech Talent - Build, Don't Buy!

Discover how CodeYourFuture transforms underserved communities into exceptional engineers for advanced tech roles, creating sustainable hiring solutions with real social impact.

• YouTube
• 11 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Building AI into Critical Systems - Lessons Learned

Discover real-world AI implementation lessons from Financial Times' paywall personalization project, including architecture decisions, trade-offs, and production challenges.

• YouTube
• 24 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Guiding Mentees on the Path to Distinguished Engineering

Discover how to mentor aspiring technical leaders toward Distinguished Engineer roles, focusing on technical mastery, business impact, and organizational influence beyond coding skills.

• YouTube
• 26 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

The Uncomfortable Middle - Growing as a Director in Uncertain Times

Navigate leadership challenges when promoted to Director during downsizing, managing clashing team dynamics, and driving growth through organizational turmoil and uncertainty.

• YouTube
• 12 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

How DXC Leveraged AI to Build an MVP in 10 Days

Discover how DXC built an MVP in 10 days using agentic AI, including guardrails for safe rapid development, MCP server creation, and practical tips for engineers adopting AI agents.

• YouTube
• 55 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

How Tekion Enabled 1,300 Employees to Work with AI Agents

Discover how Tekion built persona-based agents for 1,300 employees, covering code reviews, testing, migrations, upskilling tactics, and success metrics in automotive retail cloud.

• YouTube
• 56 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

The Lean Architect - Experimenting Your Way to Better Decisions

Discover hypothesis-driven development for validating architectural choices through experiments, enabling Staff+ engineers to make informed decisions amid uncertainty and rapid change.

• YouTube
• 28 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Rethinking Interviewing in an AI Era

Explore how AI is transforming technical interviews and learn to design more thoughtful, human-centered hiring processes that reveal deeper candidate qualities.

• YouTube
• 26 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Anti-Misalignment - Nobody Knows What "Alignment" Is

Discover why most "alignment" efforts fail and learn to build true group flow through proactive clarity, shared direction, and trust instead of reactive damage control.

• YouTube
• 25 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

You Can Big Bang! - When and How to Successfully Rewrite Code from Scratch

Discover when and how to successfully rewrite code from scratch, challenging the "never rewrite" dogma with proven frameworks and real-world examples.

• YouTube
• 27 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Pay Your Conflict Debts on Time - Managing Team Conflict and Building Healthy Communication Culture

Master conflict debt management to prevent team dysfunction and build healthier workplace dynamics through direct, constructive leadership practices.

• YouTube
• 32 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Lessons from the Other Side - What Your VP Is Actually Thinking

Discover how to bridge the information gap with your VP by trading ground-truth for strategic context, transforming confusion into partnership and influence.

• YouTube
• 25 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video