Archive - Engineering Leadership

How to Use OpenClaw as an Engineering Leader

I recently tried OpenClaw and did 3 test projects. This is how you can get started with it and how it can help you!

Apr 5 • Gregor Ojstersek

Would I Still Go The Engineering Manager Route in 2026?

Engineering management has changed. Here are my thoughts if I were a senior software engineer again, thinking of my next step.

Apr 2 • Gregor Ojstersek

March 2026

How to Evaluate AI Fluency in Technical Interviews

Why banning AI is outdated and how to redesign your process without lowering the bar.

Mar 29 • Gregor Ojstersek

Good Judgment is the New Important Skill for Engineers

Why decision-making matters more than coding in the age of AI.

Mar 26 • Gregor Ojstersek

How to Do AI-Assisted Engineering

15 experienced engineers and engineering leaders share their real-world experiences with AI-assisted engineering.

Mar 22 • Gregor Ojstersek

The “Spotlight Effect” Is Holding You Back as an Engineer or Engineering Leader

Why overthinking opinions from others is quietly limiting your growth, and how to break free from it.

Mar 19 • Gregor Ojstersek

Startups Should Evaluate Engineers Differently From Big Companies

Use a Big Tech hiring process, get a Big Tech engineer. But is that what your startup needs?

Mar 15 • Gregor Ojstersek and Neil Matthams

Inside OpenAI: How They Hire, Onboard, Promote, and Build Elite Engineering Teams

Insights on how OpenAI does hiring, onboarding, growing their people Based on my conversation with the Head of Engineering, ChatGPT at OpenAI

Mar 12 • Gregor Ojstersek

How Engineering Managers Can Turn Team Growth Into Visible Impact

Step-by-step guide to tracking the signals of your team's growth and communicating them so your impact is visible.

Mar 8 • Gregor Ojstersek and Alex Ponomarev

Inside OpenAI's Engineering Culture: How the Teams Behind ChatGPT Work

Insights from my conversation with the Head of Engineering, ChatGPT at OpenAI

Mar 5 • Gregor Ojstersek

The Evolution of Software Engineering Productivity

From computing power as the bottleneck to human judgment as the constraint. This is how the software engineering productivity has evolved over the…

Mar 1 • Gregor Ojstersek and Fran Soto

February 2026

Software Engineering is Becoming Position-Less

Similar to the trend in basketball, where everyone can play any position, the same trend is becoming more common in software engineering

Feb 26 • Gregor Ojstersek

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