Archive - Engineering Leadership

Future Proof Your Career as an Engineer in Gen AI World

These are the patterns and trends I see happening and this is what you should do to future proof your career!

May 28 •

Gregor Ojstersek

Setting Effective Targets for Developer Productivity Metrics in the Age of Gen AI

Using AI usage as a metric alone is not the way to go, this is what to do instead!

May 25 •

Gregor Ojstersek

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Not Communicating Your Impact is Killing Your Career

It may be the reason you get overlooked for the promotion or worse, be part of the next layoffs. This is what to do to avoid it!

May 21 •

Gregor Ojstersek

How HelloBetter Designed Their Interview Process Against AI Cheating

With the new process, they improved their time to hire, minimized the risk of AI cheating and focused more on practical programming fundamentals!

May 18 •

Gregor Ojstersek

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Anna J McDougall

Engineer's Guide to Freelance Work

Freelance work has been my secret to growth from engineer to CTO. Here is the guide to help you get started!

May 14 •

Gregor Ojstersek

How to Use AI to Be a Great Engineering Leader

10 engineering leaders are sharing their real-world cases on how they are using AI to help them be better at their roles!

May 11 •

Gregor Ojstersek

How to Gain Respect From Your Peers and Leadership as an Engineer

Become someone that everyone thinks highly of by doing this!

May 7 •

Gregor Ojstersek

How I Grew From Engineer to CTO

My story of how I started my career, how I grew to CTO + my current focus!

May 4 •

Gregor Ojstersek

April 2025

The Importance of Writing in the Engineering Industry

Why writing is very important and how to get better at writing as an engineer or a manager? I am sharing my top tips from 2.5+ years of actively writing…

Apr 30 •

Gregor Ojstersek

Coordination Crisis in Modern Tech Work

Over 50% reported spending 25–50% of their week on "work about work”. What is the root cause of it? How can we improve that? Can AI help?

Apr 27 •

Gregor Ojstersek

Full Roadmap to Break Into Engineering Leadership in 2025

Fully self-paced roadmap for growing into your first engineering leadership role!

Apr 23 •

Gregor Ojstersek

Top AI Coding Tools for Engineering Teams in 2025

An opinionated guide on which AI coding tools to use and the risks associated with them!

Apr 20 •

Gregor Ojstersek

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Jeff Morhous 🦾

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