# From Tech Debt to Top Priority: The Engineer's Guide to Getting Buy-In

DevFeed: [From Tech Debt to Top Priority: The Engineer's Guide to Getting Buy-In](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/from-tech-debt-to-top-priority-the-engineer-s-guide-to-getting-buy-in-28915.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://levelupsoftwareengineering.substack.com/p/from-tech-debt-to-top-priority-the>)

Author: Caleb Mellas

Published: 2025-06-18T12:30:09Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Level up software engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/level-up-software-engineering.md>)

Topics: [Tech Debt](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tech-debt.md>)

Tags: [guide](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/guide.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [leadership](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/leadership.md>), [tech-debt](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tech-debt.md>)

## AI overview

A guide to gaining leadership buy-in for addressing technical debt and other large projects across multiple teams, tight timelines, and security concerns.

## Source excerpt

How to get leadership buy-in for tech debt and other large projects across multiple teams, tight timelines, security concerns and more.