Leadership GardenStart here
Three paths by role. Pick the one closest to where you are now.
Managers
Start here if you already manage people or just moved out of the IC track. These posts focus on one-on-ones, feedback, accountability, and building healthier team habits.
The 5 Common Mistakes Of New Engineering Managers
The most common mistakes new engineering managers make, why they happen, and how to correct them early.
1:1 foundations
Get the recurring manager basics in place before adding more process.
Managing through people
Then move into feedback, trust, and conflict with a little more depth.
Tech Leads
This path is for people leading through architecture, delivery, coordination, and influence. The emphasis is execution, alignment, and helping a team move without brute force.
The Constraint You Won’t Find on a Jira Board
Your Jira board shows process bottlenecks. It won’t show you the approval chains, implicit rules, and leadership behaviors killing your team’s throughput.
Influence without authority
Useful when you need to move decisions and people without formal power.
Delivery and operations
Start here if the problem is throughput, reliability, or too much work in flight.
ICs
This path is for engineers who want stronger communication, sharper career judgment, and a better read on how the role is changing around them.
Verification Debt Is Your Next Headache
Verification debt is accumulating quietly in AI-assisted codebases. What engineering leaders need to watch for.
Career growth
Use these when you want more clarity on progression, visibility, and long-term learning.
AI and engineering judgment
Useful for understanding how AI changes the work and where judgment still matters.