Archive - The Software Engineering Times

The AI Manager Simulator is live. Go and get a conversation wrong on it.

It's ridiculously good.

Jul 16 • Ryan Murphy

June 2026

Could you survive your first 90 days as the new team manager?

A completely free, fun game I built that takes 5 minutes. Most fail on the first try.

Jun 29 • Ryan Murphy

I Couldn’t Give Up the Code. Then I Stopped Needing To.

Guest post by Sean Cooper, Your Dev Team Coach.

Jun 8 • Ryan Murphy

What kind of engineering leader are you actually becoming?

Become the next generation of software engineering leadership and level up as a current engineering leader with weekly insights.

Jun 1 • Ryan Murphy

May 2026

I earn more than junior me could imagine. I still feel like a fraud.

I turned down interviews at Meta, Apple, Reddit, Microsoft and Amazon. The voice in my head still tells me I don't belong.

May 26 • Ryan Murphy

EM Accelerator is live! I can't believe it!

Become the next generation of software engineering leadership and level up as a current engineering leader with weekly insights.

May 20 • Ryan Murphy

Downloadable e-book - A Field Guide for Software Engineers, plus a lot of changes

Free articles, forever. Plus a new field guide and a few other things.

May 13 • Ryan Murphy

Get the Field Guide : How to Be Taken Seriously

A e-book field guide for software engineers. Free for paid subscribers.

May 13 • Ryan Murphy

AI Is Quietly Ending The Careers Of The Best Coders On Your Team.

They aren't being replaced. They're being passed over. There's a difference.

May 12 • Ryan Murphy

I Asked 30+ Engineering Leaders at Apple, Amazon, GitHub and Sony What Junior Engineers Should Do About AI. Here's What They Said.

I expected most of the advice to be about AI. Almost none of it was.

May 5 • Ryan Murphy

April 2026

Your Company Would Fire You Tomorrow. And You Know It.

Staying is easy. That is exactly the problem.

Apr 24 • Ryan Murphy

Your Team Is About to Lose Its Best Engineer

Most engineers decide to quit long before they tell anyone. Here is what to watch for.

Apr 17 • Ryan Murphy

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