Career

LeadTime#21 - Managing an Overqualified Staff Engineer

How to engage a new team member who just lost her colleagues and is probably already job hunting? How to turn this around and build a long-term…

Jun 12, 2025 • Péter Szász

LeadTime#12 - Developer Wants To Be A Manager

How to balance a developer's management aspirations with business needs? What questions can help understand motivations, skills and expectations? How to…

Apr 10, 2025 • Péter Szász

LeadTime#10 - First-Time Management Opportunity

How can an IC successfully transition to an EM role? What are the risks and goals to consider, and what questions can help navigate areas of…

Mar 27, 2025 • Péter Szász

LeadTime#09 - Move Request to Another Team

How to discover what's behind a request to change teams? What risks to avoid? How to ensure project delivery is not impacted, and the team dynamics…

Mar 20, 2025 • Péter Szász

LeadTime#08 - Supporting a Low Performer

My approach to supporting a struggling team member, and a new challenge about a transition request.

Mar 13, 2025 • Péter Szász

LeadTime#05 - Skip Level 1:1 with the VP of Engineering

Preparation for a skip-level 1:1, and a new challenge about an ambitious colleague.

Feb 20, 2025 • Péter Szász

LeadTime#04 - Seasoned Developer Wants to Quit

A possible approach to the quitting top-performer challenge, and a skip-level meeting preparation for this week.

Feb 13, 2025 • Péter Szász

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