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Effective Engineering Leaders

James Samuel

Newsletter for technical, people, product, and delivery leadership, for tech leads, new managers, and senior and staff engineers considering a leap into engineering management and leadership.

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    Engineering Manager @ Reddit, Ex-Head of Engineering @ TIER. Opinions are mine and not those of my employers. I write about people leadership, product leadership, technical leadership, and delivery leadership.

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