In this episode of the Steering Engineering Podcast, we explore how emerging AI technologies, such as AI code assistants, are reshaping the landscape of software design and development. Our focus is on how engineers are transitioning from hands-on coding to roles that more closely resemble that of an engineering manager. We examine the implications of generative AI for software engineering education, on-the-job training, roles/responsibilities, and career development.

Charity Majors is an operations and database engineer, “sometimes” engineering manager, author and CTO at Honeycomb. Charity was a production engineering manager at Facebook and spent several years working on Parse. She also spent several years at Linden Lab, working on the infrastructure and databases that power Second Life. Charity is the co-author of O’Reilly’s Database Reliability Engineering and author of "Observability Engineering: Achieving Production Excellence.” She loves free speech, free software, and single malt scotch.

Software engineering leaders embrace challenges — by nature. We want to build everything! But when should we not? Budget constraints, sure. But what are the other factors, and how can software engineering leaders know when pushback?

Gartner Distinguished VP Tina Nunno joins the conversations in this episode of the Steering Engineering Podcast on the what, when, and how of “saying no.” We anticipate a lively conversation about pushing back, power dynamics, and misconceptions about leadership in the software engineering world.

Tina Nunno is a Distinguished VP and Gartner Fellow in Gartner’s Executive Leadership Research Group. Tina is a recognized thought leader, publishing extensively on working with the board of directors, and executive leadership dynamics.

Most companies now offer remote work options to attract and retain talent, acknowledging its importance for work-life balance and productivity. However, while working remotely, some developers report lower satisfaction with certain developer experience attributes that appear to benefit from face-to-face interaction with peers. Does this mean your developers hate working from home? Not necessarily. In this episode of the Steering Engineering Podcast, we examine key findings from a recent survey of 500 developers about their satisfaction with 17 critical attributes of their developer experience.

Raveena Gandhi is a Gartner Principal Quantitative Researcher for the Software Engineering Leaders Peer and Practitioner Research Team. Raveena advises or leads quantitative research initiatives, ensuring data collection, analysis, and clear communication of results that directly address client needs.

Brian Minning is a Gartner Director on the Software Engineering Peer and Practitioner Research Team. Brian’s research is focused on best practice strategies for software and digital product delivery, software engineering talent management, and software engineering organizational design and leadership.