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The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source

Leading leaders who lead engineers (remastered) (Interview)

Mar 26, 2025
Lara Hogan, author of Resilient Management and a management coach for the tech industry, shares her insights on leadership development. She emphasizes the crucial roles of mentoring, coaching, and sponsoring in nurturing talent. The conversation highlights the transformative power of sponsorship for underrepresented groups. Lara also discusses the importance of adapting leadership styles to different situations and the necessity of clarity in feedback. This engaging dialogue explores how effective leadership is both a skill to be learned and an art to be practiced.
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  • Effective leadership encompasses wearing multiple hats, including mentoring, coaching, sponsoring, and delivering feedback to facilitate growth.
  • Sponsorship plays a vital role in career advancement by actively promoting individuals and increasing their visibility in professional settings.

Deep dives

The Evolution of Heroku: Introducing Fur

Heroku is set to unveil its next-generation platform, Fur, which symbolizes a new era of technology and stability. Building on the success of Cedar, which lasted over a decade, Fur aims to embrace open standards like container images, OCI, and Kubernetes, moving away from proprietary systems. Developers will benefit from this transition, as they will now use familiar tools such as Docker and Pack, enabling them to build applications more efficiently. Despite these advancements, crucial elements of Heroku's foundational experience, such as prioritizing developer productivity and connection to GitHub, will remain unchanged.

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