Chantal Kapani

You have 1 article left to read this month before you need to register a free LeadDev.com account. Estimated reading time: 5 minutes Key takeaways: First impressions of AI-coding tools are almost impossible to undo. A bad early experience spreads fast and shapes adoption long after the tool has improved. Perception spreads faster than performance data: once a respected engineer anchors an opinion, everyone else drifts toward it.

You have 1 article left to read this month before you need to register a free LeadDev.com account. Estimated reading time: 6 minutes Key takeaways: Bloomberg grew while others cut – and that’s the retention strategy. Doubling from 5,000 to 10,000 engineers while competitors downsized sends a clear signal: we won’t discard you when markets turn. Two titles, zero hierarchy: engineers and people leaders – that’s it. The flat structure works (at the right career stage).

You have 1 article left to read this month before you need to register a free LeadDev.com account. Estimated reading time: 8 minutes US-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase plans to cut 14% of its global workforce as it flattens its management structure and leans heavily into an AI-first strategy. In an email to employees which was later shared on X, Brian Armstrong, CEO of Coinbase, said the layoffs are partly driven by the crypto downturn.