What We're Reading This Month: Leadership, Programming, and More!

Here on the Diagram blog, we work to bring you the latest news and thought leadership about topics like CMS development, UX design, search engine optimization (SEO), and inbound marketing, but there's always much more to read around the web. That's why we take time each month to highlight some of the valuable articles that our team has found helpful. Here's the latest batch of insightful content that we want to share: 

BILL CASEY:

Amazon's Leadership Principles

Whether you’re currently in a leadership position or you’re an aspiring leader, these are some great leadership principles from Amazon.

JOE MAYBERRY:

9 Lies Programmers Tell Themselves

This is a great look at why programmers should never take anything for granted when developing software.

Sharpening the Saw

I liked this article about what programmers can do to improve their skills and stay up to date on the latest news and trends. It's got some really helpful links to resources that programmers can follow to do so.

RICARDO HERRERA:

Stack Overflow: The Architecture - 2016 Edition

For anyone who's interested in system architecture, a sysadmin from Stack Overflow has shared their entire architecture in heavy detail.

MATT BRADY:

Minimum Viable SEO

This edition of Moz's Whiteboard Friday provides a great plan for how to stay on top of your website's SEO by spending one hour each month monitoring keywords and addressing technical issues, 10 minutes each week boosting existing content, and 3 minutes each time you publish content to ensure you're following best practices.

DOUG MILLER:

Digital Agency Day 2017

This recent virtual event from Unbounce and HubSpot was full of great presentations on digital marketing, and recordings of the sessions are available on demand.

This is just a tiny sampling of the great reading that's available online. If there are any articles or blogs that you think we should share on the Diagram blog, please feel free to let us know in the comments below!