# gregorojstersek/resources-to-become-a-great-engineering-leader

List of books, blogs, newsletters and people!

Repository: https://github.com/gregorojstersek/resources-to-become-a-great-engineering-leader
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/resources-to-become-a-great-engineering-leader
License Family: other
Last push: 2026-05-06T12:57:45+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 62/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 81, release rhythm 35, longevity 68
- inputs: {"age_days": 960, "days_push": 119, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 7346, forks 887 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:58.366878+00:00)

## What it is
A curated list of 200+ resources (books, blogs, newsletters, and people) for becoming a great engineering leader. It covers software engineering, system design, data engineering, leadership, management, AI, product, and business topics.

## Use cases
- find books to learn system design
- curated reading list for engineering managers
- resources to grow into an engineering leadership role
- best engineering blogs and newsletters to follow
- roadmap for becoming a great engineering leader
- learning resources for software architecture and leadership

## When to choose
- you are an engineer moving into a leadership or management role
- you want a curated, categorized list of high-quality learning resources
- you want to follow influential engineering leaders and their content

## When to avoid
- you need interactive courses or tutorials rather than a link list
- you want a single opinionated curriculum instead of many options
- you need tooling or software rather than learning material

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: documentation, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, tutorials, awesome-lists
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: awesome-list, engineering-leadership, curated-resources, books, newsletters, career-growth, management

## Member repositories
- gregorojstersek/resources-to-become-a-great-engineering-leader (main) score 62

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:58.366878+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:38:26.963558+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/gregorojstersek/resources-to-become-a-great-engineering-leader (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:58.366878+00:00, sha e597538ae2f3)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.