1:1s
- 1:1 question generator - Mike Carter
- 101 Questions to Ask in 1:1s - Jason Evanish
- Ideas and prompts - Rob Whelan
- Initial 1:1 questions - Lara Hogan
Books
Career Growth
- Impact docs - Brie Wolfson
- Bored People Quit - Rands in Repose
- Managing Your Manager - Brie Wolfson
- Your Action Plan to DRI Your Career - Cate Huston
Career Ladders
Change Management
- A playbook for managing & leading in difficult times & crises - Lena Reinhard
- Becoming Comfortable with Change - Kathy Keating
- Delivering Big/Bad News - Rands in Repose
- Managering in Terrible Times - Lara Hogan
Communication
- Speaking up: how to have hard conversations - Lead Dev (me!)
- Stop Repeating Yourself - Marissa Goldberg
- Turn “why” questions into “what” or “where” questions - Sara Wachter-Boettcher
Feedback
- 5 Tips To Help You Give Good Feedback - NPR
- Feedback Equation - Lara Hogan
- How to give effective feedback - Culture Amp
- How to Give Feedback People Can Actually Use - HBR
- Some Ad Hoc Thoughts About PIPs - Roy Rapoport
- Why Won’t You Talk To Me? - Roy Rapoport
Interviewing
- How can you tell if the company you’re interviewing with is rotten on the inside? - Charity Majors
- Interview Questions - Heather Reid
- Questions I’m asking in interviews - Julia Evans
- Sounding confident in interviews - Julia Evans
Managing
- But It’s Not How I Would Do It - Mark Wood
- How to Run a Department That People Mostly Don’t Hate. - Matt Schellhas
- Coachability: the overlooked factor in people development - Lead Dev
- Things to Figure Out as a New Manager: Part 1, Your Schedule - Cate Huston
Reviews
- An engineer’s self-review guide - Lead Dev
- Document yourself: a framework for career advancement - Lead Dev
- Get your work recognized: write a brag document - Julia Evans
- Navigating engineering performance reviews - Lead Dev
- Navigating engineering performance reviews: part two - Lead Dev
- Performance reviews should be unsurprising, fair, and motivating - Lara Hogan
- Things your manager might not know - Julia Evans