Being a Dynamic Leader

When we think about how we grow our people as leaders, our focus is often simply on getting them promoted. But promotion isn’t...

Sean Sutherland

Oct 24, 2022

Managing and Leading Globally Distributed Teams

When I started managing globally distributed teams shortly after the 2008 economic crisis, I never would have predicted that it...

Sean Sutherland

Oct 24, 2022

Leading your engineering team through an unexpected product pivot

This article was originally written for LeadDev. In tech, we talk a lot about failing fast: implementing small, incremental changes...

Najla Elmachtoub

May 26, 2022

Opinion: When should a software engineer switch into management?

A lot of talented management bloggers before me have focused on who should make the transition to engineering management, and...

Ilana Sufrin

Apr 20, 2022

Engineering Career Development at Etsy

In late May of 2018, Etsy internally released an Engineering Career Ladder. Today, we’re sharing that ladder publicly and detailing...

Ryan Bateman

Oct 2, 2019

Executing a Sunset

We all know how exciting it is to build new products, the thrill of a pile of new ideas waiting to be tested, new customers to...

Rachana Kumar

Feb 1, 2019