By Henry Suryawirawan
Great technical leadership requires more than just great coding skills. It requires a variety of other skills that are not well-defined, and they are not something that we can fully learn in any school or book. Hear from experienced technical leaders sharing their journey and philosophy for building great technical teams and achieving technical excellence. Find out what makes them great and how to apply those lessons to your work and team.
Gregor Hohpe is the author of “Software Architect Elevator” and “Cloud Strategy”. In this episode, we discussed the role of a software architect, the software architect elevator concept, cloud strategy, cloud vendor lock-in, and Gregor’s law of excessive complexity.
Dimitar Karaivanov is the CEO and co-founder of Kanbanize. In this episode, Dimitar shared in-depth the concept of Kanban; the principles, practices, and anti-patterns behind it, as well as tips on how we can improve our Kanban practices.
Chris Laffra is the author of “Communication for Engineers”. In this episode, Chris shared why communication is such an important skill for engineers to become more impactful, and how to deal with impostor syndrome, stress, and burnout to become truly productive and happy engineers.
Luca Mezzalira is a Principal Architect at AWS and the author of the upcoming “Building Micro-Frontends” book. In this episode, Luca shared in-depth about micro-frontends, its principles, anti-patterns, and tips for starting with micro-frontends.
Evan Leybourn is the founder and CEO of Business Agility Institute. In this episode, Evan shared about the current maturity of agile adoption, the business agility concept along with its important domains, and his theory of agile constraints that any agile organizations need to be aware of.
Dr. Yong Chern Chet is the founding COO of a SEA region early stage digital health start-up. In this episode, Dr. Chet shared about the current challenges in healthcare, his 5C digital healthcare model, as well as various technologies and adoption drivers that enable the future of digital healthcare.
Manuel Pais is the co-author of “Team Topologies” and a DevOps thought leader. In this episode, Manuel shared insights from his book on organization constraints, the 4 team topologies, 3 interaction modes, and advice on how to start implementing these ideas within our organizations.
Dr. Jenna Butler is a Visiting Research Fellow at Microsoft Research in the Productivity and Intelligence Team. In this episode, Dr. Jenna shared about the SPACE of developer productivity framework and the new future of work post COVID-19.
Mikołaj Pawlikowski is an engineering lead at Bloomberg and the author of “Chaos Engineering: Site reliability through controlled disruption“. In this episode, Miko shared some insights about chaos engineering, including how to implement it properly along with the common misconceptions surrounding it.
Tony Jarvis is a CISO advisor and cybersecurity strategist who has advised Fortune 500 clients across the world. In this episode, Tony shared his experience in the evolving world of cybersecurity, his insight on cybersecurity gaps during the pandemic, as well as tips and wisdom for those interested in cybersecurity.
