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Donald Trump's H-1B changes will make a material difference to US tech hiring, but Europe is waiting in the wings. “It’s a massive net positive,” Markus Villig from Bolt, the Estonian unicorn, told me in his Tallinn offices. My latest for @leaddev.com leaddev.com/hiring/break...
Breaking down Trump’s massive H-1B visa changes
Another seismic blow to the US tech hiring landscape as Trump cracks down on the H-1B visa
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September 24, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Donald Trump's H-1B changes will make a material difference to US tech hiring, but Europe is waiting in the wings. “It’s a massive net positive,” Markus Villig from Bolt, the Estonian unicorn, told me in his Tallinn offices. My latest for @leaddev.com leaddev.com/hiring/break...
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Give the exact same bit of Python code to a developer and ask it to assess the person who produced it, and they'll say the person is 9% worse at their job if they admit to using AI. For @leaddev.com, I dug into the AI competence penalty leaddev.com/career-devel...
Are you paying the AI competence penalty?
Devs who use AI are rated 9% less competent on average than their peers, a new study suggests. And the competency penalty is harsher for women.
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August 7, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Give the exact same bit of Python code to a developer and ask it to assess the person who produced it, and they'll say the person is 9% worse at their job if they admit to using AI. For @leaddev.com, I dug into the AI competence penalty leaddev.com/career-devel...
Great research by @metr.org highlighting how ineffective developers can be at estimating their own productivity: leaddev.com/velocity/ai-... by @stokel.bsky.social
AI doesn't make devs as productive as they think, study finds
A new study raises serious questions about how perceptions of AI assisted productivity translate into results.
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July 17, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Great research by @metr.org highlighting how ineffective developers can be at estimating their own productivity: leaddev.com/velocity/ai-... by @stokel.bsky.social
"I feel like we’re in the twilight of the DevOps movement,” @charity.wtf in conversation with @doerrfeldbill.bsky.social:
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Is AI code sabotaging its own ROI case?
Charity Majors, CTO at Honeycomb, argues that the biggest value from AI is from rethinking how teams operate software across the lifecycle.
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May 30, 2025 at 9:19 AM
"I feel like we’re in the twilight of the DevOps movement,” @charity.wtf in conversation with @doerrfeldbill.bsky.social:
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Layoff anxiety is rife and employee confidence is at an all-time low according to @glassdoor.bsky.social. How are engineering managers expected to lead in this environment? @kelkord.bsky.social reports.
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March 18, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Layoff anxiety is rife and employee confidence is at an all-time low according to @glassdoor.bsky.social. How are engineering managers expected to lead in this environment? @kelkord.bsky.social reports.
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The LeadDev Engineering Leadership report is back for 2025 and we need your help! 🫵
Take the short survey to help us understand:
- How engineering orgs & roles have been changing?
- How is AI impacting engineering team roles?
- Key industry trends
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Take the short survey to help us understand:
- How engineering orgs & roles have been changing?
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- Key industry trends
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LeadDev Engineering Leadership Survey 2025
Take the survey and share your engineering insights with peers.
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March 17, 2025 at 10:12 AM
The LeadDev Engineering Leadership report is back for 2025 and we need your help! 🫵
Take the short survey to help us understand:
- How engineering orgs & roles have been changing?
- How is AI impacting engineering team roles?
- Key industry trends
whiteoctoberevents.acemlna.com/lt.php?x=3DZ...
Take the short survey to help us understand:
- How engineering orgs & roles have been changing?
- How is AI impacting engineering team roles?
- Key industry trends
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Crypto has largely weathered the layoffs storm impacting the tech industry. Is it a safe haven for developers?
Delighted to welcome @karivmcmahon.bsky.social as a contributor to @leaddev.com.
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Delighted to welcome @karivmcmahon.bsky.social as a contributor to @leaddev.com.
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Crypto is hiring developers. Interested?
With tech hiring in a big freeze, crypto roles are looking more and more attractive to developers, but is it worth the risk?
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March 12, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Crypto has largely weathered the layoffs storm impacting the tech industry. Is it a safe haven for developers?
Delighted to welcome @karivmcmahon.bsky.social as a contributor to @leaddev.com.
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Delighted to welcome @karivmcmahon.bsky.social as a contributor to @leaddev.com.
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"Where software engineers used to be hot commodities, the power has suddenly shifted back to employers."
@kelkord.bsky.social on the monumental vibe shift impacting the tech industry.
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@kelkord.bsky.social on the monumental vibe shift impacting the tech industry.
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How the scales tipped against tech workers
The bosses are back in charge and expectations for what a job in tech looks like is changing rapidly. Is the industry losing its lustre?
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February 24, 2025 at 11:20 AM
"Where software engineers used to be hot commodities, the power has suddenly shifted back to employers."
@kelkord.bsky.social on the monumental vibe shift impacting the tech industry.
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@kelkord.bsky.social on the monumental vibe shift impacting the tech industry.
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An important trend for engineering managers to keep an eye on 👀
Excited to publish this @kelkord.bsky.social piece on the rapid erosion of middle management in tech, and how engineering leaders should rethink their careers as a result: leaddev.com/management/t...
Tech’s war on middle management is just getting started
The middle manager class is under attack. Is it still fit for purpose, or are engineering teams due a reshuffle?
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February 17, 2025 at 4:05 PM
An important trend for engineering managers to keep an eye on 👀
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Did the banks catch up, or FAANG fall behind? @jfruh.bsky.social looks into the Wall Street Journal claim that “the coolest job in tech might actually be at a bank"
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How banks caught up in the battle for developer talent
In the battle for technical talent, who will win the battle of big banks vs big tech jobs?
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February 11, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Did the banks catch up, or FAANG fall behind? @jfruh.bsky.social looks into the Wall Street Journal claim that “the coolest job in tech might actually be at a bank"
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Anthropic doesn't want job applicants using AI during the application process. Please head straight to Irony Corner, do not collect £200.
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A quote from Anthropic
While we encourage people to use AI systems during their role to help them work faster and more effectively, please do not use AI assistants during the application process. We …
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February 3, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Anthropic doesn't want job applicants using AI during the application process. Please head straight to Irony Corner, do not collect £200.
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Have you ever just nodded along in a meeting when someone mentions one of these? Yeah, us neither: leaddev.com/management/c...
Conway’s law, the 80-20 rule, and other principles engineering managers should know
11 laws that you don't want to be in the dark about. Understand these core principles and watch your leadership approach flourish.
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January 29, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Have you ever just nodded along in a meeting when someone mentions one of these? Yeah, us neither: leaddev.com/management/c...
Apropos of nothing, it feels like a good time to repost this: leaddev.com/technical-di... by @doerrfeldbill.bsky.social
Be careful with ‘open source’ AI
Open source AI models may be appealing for developers, but there are still plenty of complex risks to assess.
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January 29, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Apropos of nothing, it feels like a good time to repost this: leaddev.com/technical-di... by @doerrfeldbill.bsky.social
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⏱️ My latest for @leaddev.com explores #Meta's trending #DeveloperProductivity metric of DAT: Diff Authoring Time. How to measure when not all Diffs are the same and the implications if you measure at the individual level.
What do you think?
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What do you think?
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What is diff authoring time?
Diff authoring time is a popular developer productivity metric at Meta, used to measure the time it takes to create code changes.
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January 28, 2025 at 2:38 PM
⏱️ My latest for @leaddev.com explores #Meta's trending #DeveloperProductivity metric of DAT: Diff Authoring Time. How to measure when not all Diffs are the same and the implications if you measure at the individual level.
What do you think?
leaddev.com/reporting/wh...
What do you think?
leaddev.com/reporting/wh...
DeepSeek-ing missile
January 28, 2025 at 5:23 PM
DeepSeek-ing missile
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Meta's very public rollback of DEI efforts is a line in the sand moment for the industry, leaving organisations with a choice: follow the herd, or fight an increasingly uphill battle. @kelkord.bsky.social lays it all out: leaddev.com/hiring/meta-...
Meta and the great DEI rollback
Once an emblem of inclusivity, Meta has officially joined tech’s anti-DEI bandwagon. Will the rest of the industry take its lead?
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January 22, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Meta's very public rollback of DEI efforts is a line in the sand moment for the industry, leaving organisations with a choice: follow the herd, or fight an increasingly uphill battle. @kelkord.bsky.social lays it all out: leaddev.com/hiring/meta-...
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Welcome to Factorio, the only game which could single handedly threaten the productivity of your entire dev team: leaddev.com/career-devel... by @kelkord.bsky.social
Factorio and the promise of better software engineering
Just why is the video game Factorio so appealing to software developers and can it help them get better at their jobs?
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January 8, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Welcome to Factorio, the only game which could single handedly threaten the productivity of your entire dev team: leaddev.com/career-devel... by @kelkord.bsky.social
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We're hiring! I'm incredibly excited to add a staff writer to the @leaddev.com team to help shape our editorial voice and reach more engineering leaders with our content: www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/41...
LeadDev hiring Staff Writer in United Kingdom | LinkedIn
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January 9, 2025 at 11:01 AM
We're hiring! I'm incredibly excited to add a staff writer to the @leaddev.com team to help shape our editorial voice and reach more engineering leaders with our content: www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/41...
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With only a few hours of 2024 left, here are 9 things engineering leaders should look out for in 2025, from a weird hiring landscape and the rise of agentic AI, to a new approach to meetings and the growing influence of Gen Z in the workplace: leaddev.com/career-devel...
What engineering managers need to know for 2025
Here are 9 things engineering managers need to know about the state of the software industry as we move into 2025.
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December 31, 2024 at 2:46 PM
With only a few hours of 2024 left, here are 9 things engineering leaders should look out for in 2025, from a weird hiring landscape and the rise of agentic AI, to a new approach to meetings and the growing influence of Gen Z in the workplace: leaddev.com/career-devel...
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On @leaddev.com #2025predictions
On @leaddev.com #2025predictions
How to measure the impact of engineering in 2025
As we look to 2025, here’s four trends to look out for when it comes to measuring developer productivity.
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December 30, 2024 at 10:16 PM
🍇 How to measure the impact of engineering in 2025 leaddev.com/reporting/ho...
On @leaddev.com #2025predictions
On @leaddev.com #2025predictions
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Introducing AI is all about framing it in a positive light, says @gitlab.com CTO Sabrina Farmer. This month's edition of #DirectorPlus on @leaddev.com explores some top-notch advice on framing AI rollouts.
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Framing AI rollouts in the right light
How can you introduce AI into teams in a way that doesn't invite unrest within your org? It starts with presenting it in the right light.
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December 20, 2024 at 4:12 PM
Introducing AI is all about framing it in a positive light, says @gitlab.com CTO Sabrina Farmer. This month's edition of #DirectorPlus on @leaddev.com explores some top-notch advice on framing AI rollouts.
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It was great to round out the first year of the @leaddev.com Priority Zero podcast with @skamille.themanagerswrath.com talking about her path to becoming an engineering executive, founder mode vs manager mode, and her new book on Platform Engineering:
S1 E12 Founder mode vs manager mode with Camille Fournier
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December 23, 2024 at 10:19 AM
It was great to round out the first year of the @leaddev.com Priority Zero podcast with @skamille.themanagerswrath.com talking about her path to becoming an engineering executive, founder mode vs manager mode, and her new book on Platform Engineering: