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.
Marsha Acker is the author of “Build Your Model for Leading Change” and the host of “Defining Moments of Leadership” podcast. In this episode, we discussed the importance of building our own model for leadership and leading change, and how to achieve a more effective communication.
Alan Williamson is the author of “Think Like a CTO”. In this episode, we discussed in-depth how to become a great CTO, including coming up with an engineering vision, working together with the CEO, building high-quality engineering teams, and dealing with imposter syndrome.
Heidi Helfand is the author of “Dynamic Reteaming”. In this episode, we discussed dynamic reteaming concept, how it differs from the concept of long-lived teams, and the five patterns of dynamic reteaming.
John Smart and Jan Molak are the co-authors of “BDD in Action: Second Edition”. In this episode, we discussed in-depth behavior-driven development (BDD) and its essentials. They also went deep into explaining the screenplay pattern and the Serenity projects.
Evelyn and Gien are the co-authors of “Collaborative Software Design: How to Facilitate Domain Modeling Decisions”. In this episode, we discussed collaborative software design and why we need it in software development.
Andre Martin is an organizational psychologist and the author of “Wrong Fit, Right Fit”. In this episode, he shared the challenges of working in the wrong fit company and why it is important for all of us to find the right fit company to work at.
Zachary White is a career coach for engineering leadership and the host of the Happy Engineer Podcast. In this episode, Zach shared how engineers can become happier in their work and life through the lifestyle engineering approach.
Jonathan Smart and Simon Rohrer are the co-authors of “Sooner Safer Happier”. In this episode, Jon and Simon shared how we can deliver better outcomes in a more humane way of working, by delivering better value sooner, safer, and happier.
Akanksha Gupta is the author of “Think Like a Software Engineering Manager”. In this episode, Akanksha described the role of an engineering manager, the key traits of being a good engineering manager, and the three pillars of engineering management.
Michael Foss is a leadership coach and the founder of CoachFoss LLC. In this episode, we discussed the power of leadership principles and positive leadership, and how to lead a successful process improvement.
