As a developer, I got some valuable insights from the book Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willinck. I think particularly the principles of "leading up the chain" is crucial when you're a developer with managers who don't have the necessary context of understanding to make optimal decisions on their own. Perhaps not as easily applied in all company cultures. But in my case, it gave me the confidence to voice my opinion on a few critical issues of strategic importance over the past few years. This year I was promoted to "system responsible" (basically lead dev with technical responsibility for the system) and I think that was in part an acknowledgment of my ability to take ownership of a situation and helping to make sure sound a sound strategy is in place.