LeadDev Courses

Leader or Engineer - Navigating Our Technical Identity Crisis

Discover how to navigate the identity crisis between technical depth and leadership, drawing from lessons with 250 engineers and innovative farming wisdom to claim your agency.

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

Using Postmortems to Break Out of Infinite Loops

Discover how to transform postmortems from bureaucratic exercises into powerful learning tools that prevent recurring incidents and break the cycle of repeated mistakes.

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

Build an AI Strategy Without Falling for the Hype

Discover how to build a pragmatic AI strategy that aligns with business needs, avoiding common pitfalls and creating lasting value through proven frameworks and success metrics.

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

How Tilt's Review Bot Transformed Its Code Reviews with Augment Code

Discover how Tilt built a context-aware review bot to drastically improve code review velocity and first-time PR approval rates using AI-powered knowledge bases and testing strategies.

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

How to Understand the Value of Your Code

Discover how to measure feature development impact through observability, distributed tracing, and feedback loops to demonstrate engineering value and optimize team performance.

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

Move Faster Without Losing Control - Platform Governance for Developer Velocity

Discover how to eliminate the false choice between control and agility by transforming platform governance into speed multipliers for development teams.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 18 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

How Collectors Learnt to Assess AI Coding Tools

Discover how to evaluate AI coding tools effectively, guide teams to optimal solutions, and implement tactics for enhanced tool performance in engineering environments.

• YouTube
• 1 hour
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Becoming AI Engineers - Building Reliable, High-Impact AI Features

Unlock tools, patterns, and team practices for building reliable, high-impact AI features that transform engineering workflows and deliver real business value.

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

Where AI Can Supercharge DevOps

Explore how AI transforms DevOps workflows, balancing velocity gains with risk management while building team trust and setting realistic expectations for AI integration.

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

The Performance Curve - A Legacy Model in Modern Disguise

Uncover the flawed assumptions behind performance curves and discover actionable strategies to build fairer, more effective employee evaluation systems that align with modern organizational goals.

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

One Does Not Simply Rebuild a Product - Lessons from Culture Amp's Performance Product Rebuild

Discover how to successfully rebuild a product from scratch, including getting executive buy-in, setting engineering standards, and lessons learned from Culture Amp's performance product rebuild.

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

The Five Stages of Workplace Culture

Discover the five-stage framework for building award-winning workplace culture, from retaining engineers to creating motivated teams through practical leadership strategies.

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

From Monitoring to Mastery - Building an Observability-Driven Culture

Discover how to transform engineering culture by embedding observability into software practices, aligning technical vision with customer needs, and building proactive ownership across teams.

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

3 Lessons Every Engineering Leader Needs in 2025

Discover essential leadership strategies for 2025: deliberate AI adoption, ownership-focused culture, and staying connected to your team's work while maintaining principles and reducing remote fatigue.

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

Don't Get Toasted - A Leader's Guide to Mental Well-Being

Discover practical mental well-being strategies for managers to prevent burnout while leading teams effectively, including stress management, energy preservation, and building support networks.

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