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Dev Leader Weekly

Dev Leader, BrandGhost

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Latest Issues

What Your Working Hours Signal To Your Team

TL; DR:

  • Your start time isn’t the signal you think it is

  • People will model whatever hours you actually keep

  • Overcommunicate the expectation -- silence sets it for you

  • Skipping the live stream one more week here... But...

8 days ago
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Measuring Manager Effectiveness -- Can You Even Quantify It?

TL; DR:

  • Manager effectiveness is multidimensional -- technical, project, and people

  • You can’t perfectly quantify it, but you can measure signals that matter

  • Balancing delivery with people management is the real challenge...

15 days ago
14

AI Career Fears Are Evolving -- Here's What I'm Hearing

TL; DR:

  • AI career anxiety is shifting from “replaced” to “left behind”

  • Tool usage gaps and product integration gaps are different problems

  • Your engineering fundamentals are more transferable than you think

  • I’m on-call...

22 days ago
13

The Context Switching Problem Every Dev Faces

TL; DR:

  • Context switching is costly but never fully avoidable

  • Give your manager context before they re-prioritize

  • Limit work in progress to stay focused

  • Join me for the live stream (or watch the recording) on Monday,...

a month ago
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Staying Technically Sharp When Your Role Gets More Strategic

TL; DR:

  • Staying technical starts with knowing what “technical enough” actually means for your role

  • Design reviews and code review exposure are your minimum baseline -- they keep your surface area alive

  • Trust is not a weakn...

a month ago
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