Office Hours

Monthly Q&A with SMB engineering leaders.

Once a month we host an open 60-minute session with 3-5 invited engineering leaders from SMB and mid-market companies. Real conversations on DORA, AI, hiring, transitions, and what's actually working. Full recordings, named speakers, complete transcripts — published the week after.

Attendance

Free + open

No registration wall

Cadence

Monthly

Last Thursday of each month

Format

60 min · Q&A

Recorded · transcribed

Past sessions

April 17, 2026 · 62 min · 4 speakers

Q1 2026 CTO Roundup: DORA, AI Governance, and the Hire-Junior-or-Senior Debate

60-minute Office Hours session with 4 SMB CTOs on Q1 2026 engineering investments, AI governance maturity, and senior-vs-junior hiring trade-offs.

DORA P50 baselines for SMB Q1 2026 AI governance maturity in 11-32 person teams Senior vs junior hiring trade-offs in 2026 market Tech-debt vs feature work prioritization

January 23, 2026 · 58 min · 4 speakers

EM Coaching Mid-Cohort: 1:1s, Difficult Conversations, and What's Working

60-minute mid-cohort Office Hours with engineering managers from our Q4 2025 coaching program. 1:1 frameworks, hard conversations, real outcomes.

Senior-engineer 1:1 framework outcomes (3 months in) Difficult conversations: peer-to-manager transitions Performance conversations that produce change Cross-functional escalation patterns

Apply to be a guest speaker

Engineering leaders from 5-50 person teams: we're always looking for guest speakers. 45 minutes of your time, your name on the recording, no sales pitch.

Apply as a speaker