--- title: "The #1 Free Engineering Leadership Community | ELC" description: "The #1 free engineering leadership community: Slack, a monthly newsletter, meetup talks, a yearly conference. 3,200+ leaders already in. Join free." url: "https://www.engineeringleaders.io/partner/membership/free/" lang: "en" image: "https://www.engineeringleaders.io/gallery/partner/og-partner-membership-free.webp" --- Free · worldwide · always on # The #1 free learning feed for engineering leaders. _Worldwide._ Meetup talks, the Leaders’ Brief, Slack threads, the conference stage. One continuous knowledge feed, aggregated across every channel, landing every month. Pick your door below. [See what is inside](#the-stack) 3,200+ members 12 meetups a year 2,800+ Brief subscribers 74% newsletter open rate ![A laptop showing the Engineering Leaders Community photo wall, with a full meetup room behind it](https://www.engineeringleaders.io/_astro/free-hero-laptop.7y8LNs31_1wY34A.webp) €0 · no invoice [I ship codeSenior or Staff, and the next title needs more than clean PRs.](#offer-step)[I run teamsYou make the calls and eat the consequences. Compare notes first.](#offer-step)[I run the orgDirector, VPE, CTO. Fewer peers, harder calls. The room has them.](#offer-step)[I grow the tech orgYour engineers need real learning and you are not building it from slides.](#offer-step) ![](https://www.engineeringleaders.io/_astro/wash_cream.DCbhxDyY_ZnAgRz.webp) ## One feed. Six channels, every month. €0 · no invoice · unsubscribe in one click [ ![](https://www.engineeringleaders.io/gallery/cfp/meetup/huddle.webp)1 ELC community Slack Ask the room before you decide. 3,200+ leaders on the other end, answers in hours. On the other end: 88+ CTOs, 44+ VPs, 173+ Directors, 289+ Engineering Managers. ![](https://www.engineeringleaders.io/_astro/slack.CZOgvw20.svg)Join the Slack ](https://join.slack.com/t/elc-circle/shared_invite/zt-45qzhbhq9-t9DTjxrOq_KL71vPySemOA)[ ![](https://www.engineeringleaders.io/gallery/cfp/meetup/packed.webp)2 Seats at 12 monthly meetups 120+ leaders in the room, 12 times a year, across Prague, Brno, Bratislava and Kraków. Walk out with something that works on Monday. Speakers from Netflix and Stripe have stood on this stage. See the dates ](https://lu.ma/elc)[ ![](https://www.engineeringleaders.io/gallery/cfp/meetup/lectern.webp)3 Leaders' Brief newsletter Once a month: one framework you can run on Monday, plus the best writing and talks from the field. 2,800+ subscribers, 74% open rate. Written by Marian, not a content team. Subscribe to the Brief ](https://www.engineeringleaders.io/join-newsletter)[ ![](https://www.engineeringleaders.io/gallery/cfp/meetup/speaker-slide.webp)4 Talks from every meetup on YouTube Missed the room? The talk goes up on YouTube, so the meetups you could not make are still yours. Pick a meetup you missed and watch the talk over lunch. Watch past talks ](https://www.engineeringleaders.io/videos)[ ![](https://www.engineeringleaders.io/gallery/cfp/meetup/qa.webp)5 Knowledge base and AI Toolkit Frameworks, talks, study paths and the free AI Toolkit, sorted so you read what your next role needs. Start with the study path for the role you want next. Open the knowledge base ](https://marian.coach/knowledge/)[ ![](https://www.engineeringleaders.io/gallery/cfp/meetup/networking.webp)6 Learning feed for your team channel Every talk and article as one feed. Drop the link into Slack or MS Teams and your learning channel fills itself. Setup takes about two minutes. See below. ![MS Teams](https://www.engineeringleaders.io/_astro/msteams.B5hQpox5.svg "MS Teams")![Slack](https://www.engineeringleaders.io/_astro/slack.CZOgvw20.svg "Slack")![Google Meet](https://www.engineeringleaders.io/_astro/gmeet.DxJTYZwD.svg "Google Meet")Set it up ](#team-feed) Live from the feed ## The feed, live on this page. Pulled from the same URL your team channel would use. The latest items, as they landed: [Open the raw feed](https://www.engineeringleaders.io/academy/feed.xml) ![](https://www.engineeringleaders.io/_astro/wash_teal.DrcKgGAs_Z2iPU7c.webp) ## The room you are joining. ![Panoramic view of a packed ELC meetup room](https://www.engineeringleaders.io/gallery/cfp/meetup/pano.webp) ![Wide shot of the room from the back rows](https://www.engineeringleaders.io/gallery/cfp/meetup/room-wide.webp)![A group of leaders laughing during networking](https://www.engineeringleaders.io/gallery/cfp/meetup/laughing.webp)![Attendees with beers after the talks](https://www.engineeringleaders.io/gallery/cfp/meetup/audience-beers.webp)![Food table at an ELC meetup](https://www.engineeringleaders.io/gallery/cfp/meetup/food.webp)![The evening host on stage](https://www.engineeringleaders.io/gallery/cfp/meetup/host.webp) ELC meetups across Prague, Brno, Bratislava and Kraków. 120+ leaders in the room, 12 times a year. For your role ## What is in it for you. I ship codeI run teamsI run the orgI grow the tech org I ship code ### The title after Senior is not won in the editor. Staff, or the manager track: both run on judgment you cannot grep for. Sit next to people two steps ahead, take their frameworks, and ask the questions nobody at your company can answer. Start with the study paths and the meetup talks. I run teams ### Someone in the room handled your fire last quarter. Reorg, underperformer, an AI mandate from the board. Ask in Slack at 11pm and get an answer from someone who has been through it. The Brief keeps you current, the meetup gives you the people. I run the org ### Fewer peers, harder calls. Reorg, budget defense, an AI strategy the board buys. The room holds CTOs and VPEs who made those calls last quarter, the conference puts 500+ of them in one place, and the Brief keeps the signal coming monthly. I grow the tech org ### A learning channel that fills itself. Subscribe the engineers you are growing to the Brief, drop our talks and articles into Slack or MS Teams, and send them to the meetup. Real upskilling, zero slides built, €0 of your budget. [Join free](#offer-step) 1 Join free Name, email, where you work. You are in the room from the next meetup, and the Leaders’ Brief starts landing monthly. No invoice, ever. Your nameWork emailCompanyOptional. Leave it blank if you are joining as yourself. Your KPIs this year (optional) Join freePrefer to talk first? [Book a call](https://app.reclaim.ai/m/meet-marian/now) Your offer is on its way with every item you picked. While you wait [Follow ELC on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/engineering-leaders-community)[Come to the next meetup](https://www.engineeringleaders.io/events) For your team’s channel ## Your engineers keep learning. You build nothing. Three ways to plug ELC into the tools your team already has open. Pick one, it takes two minutes, it costs nothing. The feed URL`https://www.engineeringleaders.io/academy/feed.xml`Copy ![](https://www.engineeringleaders.io/_astro/gcal.CiWPCjrq.svg)Google Calendar![](https://www.engineeringleaders.io/_astro/slack.CZOgvw20.svg)Slack![](https://www.engineeringleaders.io/_astro/msteams.B5hQpox5.svg)MS Teams ![](https://www.engineeringleaders.io/_astro/gcal.CiWPCjrq.svg)ELC Meetups Calendar Your talent sees every free ELC meetup the moment it opens. 120+ leaders in the room, speakers from Netflix and Stripe. Subscribe once and it keeps itself current. One click below, or paste this into Google Calendar’s "From URL": `https://api.lu.ma/ics/get?entity=calendar&id=cal-1XZfMjwdhRpMjgA`[Add to my calendar](webcal://api.lu.ma/ics/get?entity=calendar&id=cal-1XZfMjwdhRpMjgA) ![](https://www.engineeringleaders.io/_astro/slack.CZOgvw20.svg)Slack New talks and articles land in the channel your engineers already sit in. No new tool, no login, nothing anyone has to remember to check. Type this in the channel you want it in: `/feed subscribe https://www.engineeringleaders.io/academy/feed.xml` ![](https://www.engineeringleaders.io/_astro/msteams.B5hQpox5.svg)MS Teams Same feed, posting itself into your Teams learning channel. Teams retired its RSS connector, so use Workflows: pick the "Post to a channel when a feed item is published" template and paste the feed URL from the top of this section. [Open the raw feed](https://www.engineeringleaders.io/academy/feed.xml) ## When free is not _enough_ . Member companies hire from this room and put their managers in it. Start with a pilot for three managers, or take a full membership package. [See membership packages](https://www.engineeringleaders.io/partner/)[ELC for Companies](https://www.engineeringleaders.io/for-companies/) ## Our proud _partners_ Ruthlessly supporting the engineering ecosystems. 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