Find resources to solve your technical leadership challenges
An experience-based guide for people in tech: the roles of therapy, coaching, and mentoring. Covers their purposes, how they work.
The article explores why committees often struggle to create new ideas, highlighting structural and cultural factors that inhibit innovation in technical teams.
A venture capitalist inspired checklist for choosing your next startup role, outlining the key questions to ask before you invest your time and energy.
The article argues that examples are more effective than formal documentation and highlights the value of example-driven resources for developers.
A brief guide on organizing Slack channels by how often you need to check them, helping leaders prioritize communication and reduce stress.
The article argues that hiring exclusively senior engineers harms startups by limiting talent pipelines, increasing costs, and stifling team growth, and it offers strategies for building balanced engineering teams.
A curated list of influential software essays that shaped the author's perspective, with brief commentary on each piece.
Free weekly online chat about a book chosen by the cohort, hosted by Blackmill.
Blog posts about the challenges faced by engineering leaders, from culture, to delivery, to conflict and communication, and everything in between.
The Blackmill newsletter is about connecting people. It contains an editorial containing insights from their coaching practice, a curated list of further reading on a bunch of interesting topics, and an interview of a technology leader so you can get to know the people in the Australian tech scene.
A group coaching program designed to help engineering leaders improve personal and team performance through facilitated sessions with peer learning, and actionable support.
One-hour online leadership coaching sessions with IECL certified coaches from Blackmill Consulting to help leaders clarify priorities, improve decision-making, build resilience, get strategic and improve team performance.
A workshop for new engineering managers covering leadership styles, team culture, feedback, one-on-ones, mentoring, prioritisation, and balancing speed, quality, and technical debt.
This LinkedIn Live session explores how engineering leaders can scale their teams without losing productivity, covering strategies for maintaining velocity, evolving team structures, and making data-driven hiring decisions.
In this post the author explains how to use Claude Code subagents to parallelize development tasks, sharing practical insights from building a greenfield engineering metrics tool.
Experts discuss whether the push to return to the office is backfiring for employers.
If solving strategic problems is the more valuable thing to do, why aren't we doing it?
An insightful article that reveals the overlooked challenges of working in growth roles, offering candid advice for leaders and engineers.
An article that explains why vanity metrics are misleading and outlines product metrics that drive real growth and outcomes.
A recent MIT study of over 150 CEOs found that 95% of AI projects fail, highlighting common pitfalls and presenting opportunities for startups to succeed.
Imposter syndrome is not something we get rid of; it is a natural feeling when trying something new outside our comfort zone, and the goal is to hear it, acknowledge it, and then manage it.
How to use emotional skills strategically without burning yourself out.
Discover the 10 essential books every technology leader should read to master engineering excellence, covering clean code, continuous delivery, team design, and value-driven delivery.
A curated set of manager-focused prompts designed to streamline team leadership tasks, from setting strategic goals and analyzing team health to fostering culture and effective communication.
A course that helps technical leaders cultivate a growth-oriented leadership mindset to better guide engineering teams.
Curated resources for learning Python programming from beginner to advanced levels
Curated collection of resources for entrepreneurs building technology startups
Comprehensive GitHub repository of curated engineering management resources and best practices
Deep-dive podcast on software engineering at Big Tech and startups by former Uber engineer
Podcast featuring conversations with CTOs about technical leadership, scaling, and engineering culture
Podcast exploring organizational friction and how to reduce obstacles that slow teams down
Y Combinator's community-driven tech news aggregator for developers and entrepreneurs
Tosho Trajanov's newsletter sharing CTO perspectives on technology leadership and strategy
Newsletter focused on leadership challenges and solutions specific to technology organizations
Harvard Business Review's daily management insights delivered via email newsletter
Weekly newsletter curating articles on software engineering leadership, culture, and team management
Michelin-starred chef demonstrating excellence, creativity, and leadership in high-performance environments
Profile of renowned Brazilian chef demonstrating creative leadership and innovation principles
Curated list of resources for CTOs covering technical leadership, hiring, architecture, and startup growth
Eva Parish's insights into the editing process and how to improve written content
Techniques for writing compelling content that captures and maintains reader attention
Building organizational culture that values asynchronous written communication for clarity and transparency
Steph Smith's guide on developing writing confidence through process and practice
How Amazon uses narrative documents and six-page memos to drive better decision-making
Practical guide for writing clear, confident blog posts that engage readers
Timeless principles for clear, engaging writing applicable to technical and business communication
Guide to delivering authentic, effective apologies in professional and leadership contexts
Writing structure that presents most important information first, ideal for technical documentation
The stdlib collection is a community-curated library of practical, immediately useful, battle-tested resources for technical leadership. Each resource is designed to be immediately applicable to your role. New resources are added based on community feedback and emerging best practices.