LeadDev Courses

Hold on, Let Me Prompt That - Leading with Conviction in the GenAI Era

Explore how GenAI can erode leadership confidence and learn to balance AI assistance with authentic decision-making and original thinking as an engineering leader.

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

Un-becoming the Bottleneck - How Staff+ Engineers Can Stop Hindering Team Growth

Discover how Staff+ Engineers can stop being growth barriers and instead cultivate team development by investing in key individuals rather than scaling broadly.

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

Nail the Pitch and Stick the Landing - Effective Strategies for Engineering Proposals

Master the art of pitching engineering projects to management. Learn strategies for convincing decision-makers to prioritize crucial infrastructure work over feature development.

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

The OSS Maintainer to Staff Engineer Pipeline - StaffPlus New York 2024

Explore how open source software maintenance practices translate to staff engineering skills, scaling influence, and effective collaboration.

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

With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility - Engineering Ethics in the Modern Era

Explore the critical shift in software engineering towards failure-safe systems and learn how leaders can drive this change in the profession.

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

The Big Picture of Debt - Understanding and Managing Technical Debt

Explore technical debt through a database case study, distinguishing good from regrettable choices and learning when to tackle complex issues.

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

Explosive Overflow: Lessons from Rocket Science - StaffPlus New York 2024

Explore rocket science lessons on resilience and product security, analyzing historical software flaws to improve design, testing, and validation practices.

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

Software Security as a Force of Nature

Explore effective principles and practices for sustaining systems resilience, drawing inspiration from nature, human adaptations, and engineering practices.

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

Psychologically Safe Reliability Management

Explore organizational challenges in observability platform adoption, focusing on psychological safety and effective reliability management strategies.

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

Navigators: Driving Alignment in Growing Engineering Organizations

Discover strategies for organizational alignment through Carta's initiatives: defining shared execution strategy and designating senior engineers as "Navigators" to drive and interpret strategy across teams.

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

Starting from Nothing: Bootstrapping Teams as a Staff Engineer

Discover strategies for bootstrapping teams and driving impactful projects as a staff engineer. Learn to navigate challenges, inspire vision, and lead from within to deliver exceptional outcomes.

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

Developer Self-Service: Implementation and Organizational Needs - LeadDev Webinar

Explore developer self-service ecosystems: benefits, implementation challenges, and lessons learned from engineering leaders.

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

Creating Technical Leadership in Context - StaffPlus New York 2024

Explore strategies for implementing effective technical leadership structures in growing engineering organizations, addressing scalability challenges and fostering inclusive decision-making processes.

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

Finding Balance - Implementing Effective Processes in Engineering Teams

Discover strategies for implementing effective, balanced processes that enhance team productivity and engineer satisfaction while adapting to evolving needs and cultural dynamics.

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

Transforming Legacy Software - Strategies for Overcoming Emotional Challenges

Discover strategies to navigate complex emotions and overcome challenges in legacy software transformation, enhancing team innovation and growth.

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