Also: analyzing job cuts at Lyft, the death of Robinhood’s remote work experiment, and an edicational Uber simulation side project that engineers can use as inspiration for their own ones. | Continue reading
The evolution of data centers; the hardware inside data centers, and availability zones inside Agoda, and a tour of the DCs. Exclusive details. | Continue reading
Also: a 1.5-month code freeze at Stack Overflow, early warning signs of cuts at AWS, and details on when Amazon will join the generative AI race. | Continue reading
Running a reorg as an engineering leader, and how to make the most of a reorg, as someone caught up in the middle of this. | Continue reading
Also: Amazon’s RTO on the way, Stack Overflow cutting down on product development,Google reducing perks and the story of Excalidraw. | Continue reading
An exclusive interview with the four researchers behind a new developer productivity framework: The three dimensions of DevEx | Continue reading
The observability provider was down for more than a day in March. What went wrong, how did the engineering team respond, and what can businesses learn from the incident? Exclusive. | Continue reading
Also: Shopify’s deep cuts, Microsoft’s reduced compensation targets, and senior engineer salaries trending downwards in Ukraine. | Continue reading
Insights from 100 tech companies, and a list of those paying the most median total compensation. | Continue reading
The importance of staying technical, and activities to do at work, and outside work. Also: why Amazon’s Deep Dive principle helps stay technical. | Continue reading
A broad overview of the field, how it compares to software engineering, its relationship to AI, and a deepdive into how an ML-powered app works. | Continue reading
Also: Meta’s second round of engineering cuts, managers to become ICs at Shopify and a look behind Postman’s and Sentry’s impressive customer growth rates. | Continue reading
How much of a productivity boost do GitHub Copilot and ChatGPT give software engineers? Results from a survey with over 170 respondents, and a look into what to expect from AI coding tools. | Continue reading
Also: Stripe’s massive monorepos, Amazon’s ChatGPT guidance, and has Twitter fired too many people? | Continue reading
Where does Steve’s passion for developer tools come from? He talked through his career and learnings, and threw in a few stories that hadn’t been previously shared anywhere. | Continue reading
Also: a deep dive into the compensation philosophy of Mercedes-Benz, total comp drops at Amazon, and a roundup of new salary transparency websites. | Continue reading
A deep dive into how the dev team works at Figma and their “build with deliberation, build with pride” engineering culture. As told by Figma’s CTO, Kris Rasmussen. | Continue reading
Also: works councils at tech companies in Europe, and disappointing equity refreshers at Twitter. | Continue reading
The difference between the two operating modes at tech companies, and how to thrive in each of these environments. | Continue reading
Also: Amazon’s job cuts deepen; pay transparency changes in the US; and the answer on why Dollar Shave Club was down for 8 days straight. | Continue reading
A deep dive into how Sourcegraph works from the perspective of software engineers and engineering managers. Part 2. | Continue reading
Also: Amazon doubling down on RTO. And is ChatGPT causing panic within Big Tech? | Continue reading
A deep dive into how Sourcegraph works from the perspective of software engineers and engineering managers. | Continue reading
The bank serving half of all VC-funded startups in the US and UK collapsed more or less overnight. How did it play out, and what is the impact of this event on the tech ecosystem? | Continue reading
Uber has operated its own data centers for 9 years. What challenges did the company face, and why is it considering moving to the Cloud? Part 2. | Continue reading
Uber has operated its own data centers for 9 years. What challenges did the company face, and why is it considering moving to the Cloud? Part 1. | Continue reading
As a manager, how do you deliver an unfavorable performance review? And how do you deal with getting a worse review than what you expected? | Continue reading
Performance reviews stricter this year, equity refreshers cut back at Instacart, and Google cutting back in decades-old investment areas. | Continue reading
A deepdive into what Backstage is, why it is gaining rapid popularity across large tech companies, and alternatives to it. | Continue reading
Also: a historic pushback on RTO at Amazon, Big Tech job-switching stats, and more. | Continue reading
A deep dive into why vendor cuts are happening, which areas are most impacted, and actionable advice on how to save costs. With data points from more than 70 companies. | Continue reading
The importance of onboarding like a software engineer, activities to stay hands-on, and the reality of writing code. | Continue reading
Should we get ready for a major purge of startups this year, and if so: how can you prepare? | Continue reading
A deep dive into how Khan Academy took a 1 million-line Python monolith and split it into ~40 Go services in a more than 3 year-long project. | Continue reading
Aggressive performance reviews, tech companies committing to protecting jobs, an increase of solo mobile developers, and more. | Continue reading
What the Staff+ role is, expectations and the rewarding and frustrating parts of the job. By former principal engineer Nicky Wrightson. | Continue reading
The tech giant unexpectedly announced a 6% reduction in its workforce. Why did this happen, which areas are impacted, and why is Apple unlikely to follow suit? | Continue reading
Code freeze trends across industries, when to mandate a code freeze – and when not, and alternatives to code freezes. | Continue reading
Microsoft, Amazon, Salesforce and Goldman Sachs all announced mass layoffs. What do these events suggest about the outlook for the tech industry? | Continue reading
What salary increases are software engineers getting across the tech industry, and are there any notable trends? 100 data points, analyzed. | Continue reading
An exclusive inside look at the pay philosophy, regional differences and numbers of the defunct events tech startup. Based on 430 data points. | Continue reading
What the role is and challenges that come with it, getting into fractional CTO roles, and lessons learned. | Continue reading
While most of the tech world was on holiday, CircleCI suffered a major security breach, and Twitter had an outage. Also: hiring freezes and layoffs, and Microsoft hiring in Vietnam, and details on Spa | Continue reading
At the end of last year, code deployments were frozen at many tech companies. Why was this done, what are the benefits, and what are the tradeoffs of this approach? | Continue reading
The articles you enjoyed most this year, my personal favorites, and a recap of a busy year in tech news. | Continue reading
Insights from 30+ engineering managers, directors, CTOs and founders about what’s happening on the job market. | Continue reading
An excerpt from The Staff Engineer's Path by Tanya Reilly. The two paths, looking ahead, and creating future leaders. | Continue reading
Lifting the lid on calibrations in Big Tech: the politics, strategies, allies. Advice for managers and individual contributors preparing for this key process. | Continue reading