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Changing from hands-on engineer to engineering manager is a leap that many talented developers find intimidating—with good reason. Gladys Lim shares her personal path through this career progression, offering insights into the often unclear roadmap of leadership. Gladys discusses the common challenges engineers face when stepping into management roles, from shifting identity away from technical contributions to developing the people skills necessary for team leadership. She discusses how she uses her technical knowledge as an advantage in her role, revealing the strategies that helped her succeed and the unexpected lessons she learned along the way.

In part two of our conversation with Adam Kreitals, we move from theory to practice. Having explained the reasoning behind Clean Architecture, we will now explore real-world applications and concrete examples of its principles. Adam covers Onion Architecture, Domain Driven Architecture plus more, explaining how Clean Architecture brings them together to separate our concerns. We also touch on rich and anaemic entities, the dependency rule, and more. Get ready for a thorough look at Clean Architecture.

Clean Architecture is a powerful approach to software design that prioritizes long-term maintainability and flexibility, but what does it all mean? Evolving landscapes—technologies, dependencies, frameworks, performance needs, and security demands—are constant in our field. Whatever we build today will almost certainly go through change. It’s when we acknowledge this that Clean Architecture proves its true value. Adam Kreitals unpacks the principles of Clean Architecture and the importance of making software resilient to change.

The crew discuss the morals and principles of white hat hacking and reporting found vulnerabilities to the companies affected. But what happens when someone does the right thing but the reaction from these large companies is not what's expected. Is the company in the right or are they taking advantage?

Leon and Alex further explore the ins and outs of Technical Product Management. They share advice on how Software Engineers can influence the technical roadmap and better align to the companies product goals. They also explore the career pathways into transitioning from a Software Engineer (and related roles) to a Technical Product Manager.