When it comes to the transition to management, it's not just about the new responsibilities and tasks that come with it. Some things will be equally difficult to say goodbye to. Here, Karl Hughes reflects on his own experience to help you prepare for what it means to be a leader in an engineering team. A must-read if you’ve just been offered a promotion.

This article has been making the rounds on the Internet for the past few days, and for good reason. It’s a great (and short) insight into how to change the conversation when making a decision so that we’re sure it’s the best one we can make. Best one for now and the future; which, apparently, isn’t always so intuitive.

One of the questions I asked during my latest Tech Leaders Hub session was “Is there still a future for new programmers?”. While my guests had some interesting insights to share, they aren't the only ones trying to come up with an answer. Here you can find a Slashdot discussion about whether becoming a developer is still a lucrative—or even good—idea.

Skills deactualize. That’s a fact. It’s why continually growing and learning is so important, especially with the current rate at which new technologies emerge. And while some of your skills might go out to pasture, others just might become even more valuable if you just tweak how you use them. Spoiler alert: it’s about Chat GPT.

Another fact is that the best ideas come to us when we're not doing anything. For instance, while standing in the shower. Mohamed Aboelez discovered a way to harness this shower-power and boost his productivity as a developer. How? He was racing both the water and himself.

Let's be real: creating documentation can be about as exciting as watching paint dry. But it doesn’t have to be, and, according to Daniel Idaszak (a fellow Pole!), it just might be one of the best things you’ll do to help your career. Giving you both the reasons why and the ways how, this is a great article for anyone looking to create their own Software Design Doc.

Why have one guest when you can have three? In this episode, I asked Solution Architect Jan Pleszyński, Head of Machine Learning Krzysztof Sopyła and Director of Core Services Marcin Zabawa some tough questions about the future of software development in the age of AI, their work with Python Tech Radar, and, of course, actionable tips for tech leaders.