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Personal blog · softwareleads.substack.comcareerprogramming

James Samuel writes Effective Engineering Leaders, a personal blog at softwareleads.substack.com about career and programming. Since 2023, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 6 times, most often “Software Engineers Create Value”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-02, and you can follow it by feed.

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6mentions?
4HN people?
2023–2026first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 3 in 2024

Newsletter for technical, people, product, and delivery leadership, for tech leads, new managers, and senior and staff engineers considering a leap into engineering management and leadership. with thousands of subsc

Most-linked posts?

  1. Software Engineers Create Value
    3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2024-01-21
  2. The Four Core Areas of Responsibility for an Engineering Manager
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-07-08

What Hacker News says?

  1. Submitted Software Engineers Create Value as a story · 3 points

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  2. Submitted Software Engineers Create Value as a story · 2 points

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  3. Submitted The Four Core Areas of Responsibility for an Engineering Manager as a story · 1 points

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  4. Submitted The Four Core Areas of Responsibility for an Engineering Manager as a story · 1 points

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  5. Submitted How software engineers create value as a story · 1 points

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  6. Submitted How to build a high-performing software team as a story · 1 points

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