4 Subreddits All Engineering Leaders Should Join

“How do you keep up with industry trends?” uhhh…Reddit? 😅

For managers and engineering leaders, this is a tough question to answer outside of “reading books” or “subscribing to newsletters.”

We can learn from all sorts of situations that are happening in companies outside of our own, using each as a situational question. Reddit happens to be a goldmine in this area, so I’ve outlined four subreddits that I’ve found helpful over the last few years.

You can look at each topic as a problem that you have to solve and can begin to harden or soften your opinions based on responses. It’s all about getting different perspectives and seeing things that make you challenge or question what you view to be as correct.

/r/cscareerquestions

Wondering what’s on the mind of software engineers in general? The CS Career Questions subreddit /r/cscareerquestions can give you a good jumping-off point. Full of the good, the bad, and the sometimes ridiculous, this subreddit gives you a glimpse into how others in the computer science industry are looking at their roles, their future, and their current/past frustrations.

With a good mix of venting and advice, /r/cscareerquestions gives you a chance to think about what may go undiscussed day-to-day…