A recap of Sean Goedecke's article explaining why large tech companies appear slow—not due to incompetence but due to feature scale, complexity, and organizational challenges that make shipping anything extremely difficult.
A recap of Will Larson's article on how the definition of "good engineering management" constantly shifts based on changing business realities and macroeconomic factors rather than enduring best practices.
Senior engineers can influence company politics by aligning their technical plans with emerging organizational priorities and by being strategically prepared.