The Senior Software Engineer: 11 Practices of an Effective Technical Leader

11 simple practices a software engineer can apply to be more a more effective contributor and more productive team member. Included are personal processes for fixing bugs and implementing new features, tips for writing, interviewing, and time management, as well as guides for bootstrapping new projects, making technical arguments, and leading a team.

David Bryant Copeland is a programmer and author. He wrote "Build Awesome Command-Line Applications in Ruby", and has been a professional developer since 1995. He's managed high-performance, high-traffic systems at LivingSocial, helped build the engineering team at Opower, and worked consulting gigs both large and small. Currently, he's Director of Engineering at fashion start-up Stitch Fix, building a platform to change the retail shopping experience.