The Pragmatic Engineer
Editorial pickHosted by Gergely Orosz
Engineering management, hiring, and the business of software at scale.
Editorial take
Gergely Orosz writes the most-read engineering management newsletter, and the podcast is a natural extension of it: structured interviews with engineering leaders about how organizations actually operate. Where Lenny's covers product and growth, Pragmatic Engineer covers headcount, on-call rotations, performance management, and platform/infra org design. Required listening if you manage engineers; optional if you're an IC who doesn't want a manager track.
Last hand-checked 2026-05-09.
Listen if you …
- you manage engineers, or are about to
- you want first-hand accounts of compensation, hiring, and org design at named companies
- you read his newsletter and want the audio companion
Skip if you …
- you're an IC engineer not interested in management
- you bounce off the European pacing (Gergely is measured, not zinger-driven)
About the show
Gergely Orosz's interview show, paired with the Pragmatic Engineer newsletter. Episodes focus on engineering organizations: how teams are structured, how compensation is set, how on-call works, how performance is evaluated.
It's the most pragmatic of the engineering-leadership shows because Gergely keeps episodes focused on specifics. You leave with concrete data about how a named company at a named scale does a named thing.
Notable guests
- Charity Majors
- Will Larson
- Lara Hogan
- Camille Fournier
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