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Camille Fournier

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The Manager's Path: A Guide for Tech Leaders Navigating Growth and Change

A practical guide to growing as an engineering manager, following each stage in the journey from engineer all the way to CTO.

2017

Camille Fournier

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Camille Fournier

May 31

Guidelines for Respectful Use of AI

As companies adopt AI tools, a lot of time is spent on thinking about AI policies from a security, compliance, or even cost-focused angle…

Camille Fournier

Nov 22, 2025

Revisiting Manager READMEs

Several years ago, I published a critique of manager READMEs that succeeded in stirring up a lot of feelings, pro and con. I’d like to…

Camille Fournier

Jun 5, 2025

Dude, Where’s My Strategy?

I’m working on a talk about rewriting platforms for LDX3 later this month. Spoiler alert: a lot of the talk centers around why rewriting…

Camille Fournier

May 13, 2025

Things I Currently Believe About AI and Tech Employment

Hey, I could be wrong!

Camille Fournier

May 6, 2025

Some Tips for Moderating a Successful Panel

Write separate questions for each participant. Don’t just ask everyone the same question! It’s ok if you have one-two “lightning…

Camille Fournier

Mar 26, 2025

10 Years of Engineering Ladders

On March 26, 2015, I posted a short blog post to the Rent the Runway engineering blog, Sharing Our Engineering Ladder, with a quick intro…

Camille Fournier

Oct 11, 2024

The Senior Shortcut

Many have predicted the death of the “junior engineer” thanks to AI; after all, if AI can do all of the simple tasks, we don’t need to hire…

Camille Fournier

Oct 1, 2024

Platform Engineering Beyond CFEngine

Notes on Sustainable Platform Engineering

Camille Fournier

Sep 24, 2024

Following The Manager’s Path

You may have heard that I have a new book coming out. With co-author Ian Nowland, I’ve written a book called Platform Engineering: A Guide…

Camille Fournier

Sep 2, 2024

Featured Book

Stories

Guidelines for Respectful Use of AI

As companies adopt AI tools, a lot of time is spent on thinking about AI policies from a security, compliance, or even cost-focused angle…

Revisiting Manager READMEs

Several years ago, I published a critique of manager READMEs that succeeded in stirring up a lot of feelings, pro and con. I’d like to…

Dude, Where’s My Strategy?

I’m working on a talk about rewriting platforms for LDX3 later this month. Spoiler alert: a lot of the talk centers around why rewriting…

Things I Currently Believe About AI and Tech Employment

Hey, I could be wrong!

Some Tips for Moderating a Successful Panel

Write separate questions for each participant. Don’t just ask everyone the same question! It’s ok if you have one-two “lightning…

10 Years of Engineering Ladders

On March 26, 2015, I posted a short blog post to the Rent the Runway engineering blog, Sharing Our Engineering Ladder, with a quick intro…

The Senior Shortcut

Many have predicted the death of the “junior engineer” thanks to AI; after all, if AI can do all of the simple tasks, we don’t need to hire…

Platform Engineering Beyond CFEngine

Notes on Sustainable Platform Engineering

Following The Manager’s Path

You may have heard that I have a new book coming out. With co-author Ian Nowland, I’ve written a book called Platform Engineering: A Guide…

Founders Create Managers

There’s a new pg article making the rounds called “Founder Mode”. The biggest surprise to me is how, despite saying almost nothing, it has…

Camille Fournier