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8 daily ways I use AI as an Engineering Manager to Level Up my work
No BS practical everyday ways I use Ai for coding, planning, incidents, docs, complex queries, writing unit tests, debugging, and more
 • Caleb Mellas
From Tech Debt to Top Priority: The Engineer's Guide to Getting Buy-In
How to get leadership buy-in for tech debt and other large projects across multiple teams, tight timelines, security concerns and more.
 • Caleb Mellas
9 underrated engineering skills in this ai era
Beyond coding: Underrated skills that'll help you stand out as an engineer while AI is used for more of our day-to-day code writing. Not many of us are…
 • Caleb Mellas
Staff Projects: Pt 3. Breaking into Staff Engineering
How to bridge the gap between the fuzzy expectations on the engineering ladder and the day-to-day actions top performers use to drive their careers…
 • Caleb Mellas and Thiago Ghisi
What’s next after Senior Engineer?
Hint: Your career is just getting started...
 • Caleb Mellas and Gregor Ojstersek
Staff Engineer Behaviors: pt. 2 Breaking the ceiling into Staff Engineering
Key behaviors that help engineers make transformational leaps in their career and scale their impact and influence in a sustainable and meaningful way.
 • Caleb Mellas and Thiago Ghisi
Adaptability is a super power
Sticking with how you’ve always done things won’t always work.
 • Caleb Mellas
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