LeadDev Courses

Making Smart Investments: A Framework for Maximizing ROI in Technical Decisions

Master a practical framework for evaluating ROI in technical decisions, from choosing tools and vendors to measuring success metrics, helping you make confident, value-driven choices.

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

Building High Performance AI-Native Engineering Teams - From Idea to Production

Discover how to transform engineering teams into AI-native powerhouses, exploring tools, organization strategies, and effective practices based on Vercel's successful transition.

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

Mentorship and Sponsorship - Building Networks for Technical Leadership Growth

Discover effective strategies for being both a mentor and sponsor in tech leadership, focusing on supporting minoritized communities and amplifying others' visibility and opportunities.

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

Famous Software Bugs in History and Their Valuable Lessons

Explore fascinating software bug stories and their valuable lessons, from NASA's lost probe to modern-day failures, while gaining practical insights to enhance your development practices.

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

The Story of the Barbican - From World War II Ruins to Brutalist Monument

Discover the fascinating transformation of London's Barbican from post-WWII rubble to a Brutalist masterpiece, exploring the complex stakeholder negotiations and architectural vision that created this unique urban development.

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

Uncertainty of Change - Managing Software Testing in an Ever-Evolving Environment

Explore how uncertainty affects software testing through historical examples, from 19th-century cotton mills to Nokia's fall, while learning effective strategies to embrace and manage change in development.

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

Practical Steps to Establish and Scale Your Data and ML Team - From Startup to Scale-up

Discover practical strategies for building and scaling data teams in growing companies, focusing on real-world analytics, ML applications, and effective team structures for sustainable growth.

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

Building for the New Developer in the Age of AI-Assisted Coding

Explore the social science behind AI adoption in software development and discover how changing expectations impact developer well-being and organizational success.

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

The Post Office Scandal - Lessons from Process and Human Failures in Software Development

Explore how software development decisions and team culture can lead to catastrophic system failures, using the Post Office scandal as a compelling case study for better practices.

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

Delivery Metrics - The Good, The Bad and The Utterly Ridiculous

Explore the complexities of engineering team metrics, from meaningful measurements to potential pitfalls, while learning to implement balanced performance tracking approaches.

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

Delivering Software Features for Live Events - From Development to Stage Performance

Discover how a global engineering team tackled complex challenges to create U2's groundbreaking visual display system at the Las Vegas Sphere, from technical hurdles to time-critical project management.

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

Managing Across Time Zones - A Remote Team Leadership Retrospective

Discover effective strategies for leading distributed engineering teams across multiple time zones, drawing from Cloudflare's transition to remote work and practical experiments in team collaboration.

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

Using Technology Radars for Transparent Technical Decision Making

Discover how Technology Radar frameworks enhance tech decision-making transparency, improve team alignment, and accelerate onboarding through visual representation of tools, languages, and platforms.

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

Embracing Engineering's Place at the Forefront of Business

Discover how engineering leadership can evolve beyond technical roles to drive business transformation, focusing on cross-disciplinary knowledge and ethical AI adoption for strategic impact.

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

Data Science Demystified - Understanding the Data Science Pipeline and Tools

Discover the complete data science pipeline, from data collection to storytelling, using Python tools and frameworks for building models and extracting meaningful insights.

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