Hey 👋 - I'm excited to launch The Pragmatic Engineer Newsletter.
When I became an engineering manager at Uber, my manager told me I should invest in my professional growth on an ongoing basis, and suggested I subscribe to and expense publications that help with this.
I searched for online or offline magazines that could help grow, but did not find anything that was specific for engineering leaders at tech companies. In the end, I subscribed to Harvard Business Review, but I felt the contents did not reflect my reality. The approaches felt very removed and more applicable outside engineering. Ironic enough, years later offered to write a post about engineering management, but never even received a response.
So I decided to write the weekly newsletter I wish I had when I joined high-growth startups and larger tech companies, and later when I moved into leadership positions.
Every week, I go deep on topics from running engineering projects, hiring engineers, the job market in tech, platform teams at high-growth startups and large tech companies, and many more.
Congratulations on your launch! I always love reading your articles, and it's not surprising so many thousands of people are too. So excited to see where this ends up in another 6-12 months :)
@monicalent thanks a lot, Monica! I have topics enough for 24 more months, and that is not counting the suggestions I get from others... let's see where it will be in a year, indeed!
Gergely's newsletter has helped me to work better with my engineers. I am a Head of Product in Fintech and the insights that Gergely shares have brought a broader perspective to work better and understand my engineering teams. Additionally, Gergely is one of the few leaders sharing views of the European Tech Ecosystem.
@gorosz Thanks for what you're doing. Big fan of yours.
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