Engineering Leadership Resources
The same five questions open most of my intro calls: what does this role own, who should it report to, and is the person you need a mentor or a coach. These are the written answers, drawn from 3,400+ unique sessions with engineering leaders. Reference pages, not news: they get revised when reality changes, not when a content calendar says so.
Mentoring vs Coaching: Which One You Actually Need
Mentoring transfers experience, coaching builds clarity. The difference between coaching and mentoring, a comparison table, prices, and a 3-question test.
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Engineering Leadership: What It Actually Is, and the Roles That Do It
What engineering leadership means in practice, the full role ladder from team lead to CTO, and how it differs from management. From 3,400+ sessions.
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VP of Engineering: What the Role Owns, and How It Differs From CTO
What a VP of Engineering actually does, how the role splits from CTO, and when a company needs one. From 3,400+ sessions with engineering leaders.
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CTPO: What a Chief Technology and Product Officer Does
What a CTPO is, whether it is spelled CTPO or CPTO, when one executive should own product and technology, and when the merged role fails.
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Team Lead: The Role, vs Tech Lead, vs Engineering Manager
What a team lead is in software, how the role differs from tech lead and engineering manager, and how to survive the move from engineer to lead.
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Past the definitions?
If the question on your desk is no longer "what is this role" but "how do I survive it", that is what the 1:1 work is for.