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.
Steve Pereira and Andrew Davis are the authors of “Flow Engineering”. In this episode, we discuss why traditional scaling methods focusing on rigid coordination hinders progress and how flow engineering offers a solution to overcome misalignment and optimize organization performance at scale.
Mark Winteringham is a quality engineer and the author of “Testing Web APIs”. In this episode, discover how holistic, risk-based testing strategies can transform your software quality. Also, learn from his upcoming book how AI will evolve the roles of testers and developers.
Mark Schwartz is an acclaimed author and an Enterprise Strategist at AWS. In this episode, we discuss how to turn any bureaucracy into a good bureaucracy and how leaders can make better ethical decisions in the current fast-paced business world.
Jacqui Read, author of “Communication Patterns,” joins in this episode to discuss why strong communication skills are crucial for developers and technical leaders, often surpassing the importance of merely technical expertise.
Satyam Kantamneni is the CEO of UXReactor and the author of “User Experience Design”. In this episode, Satyam provides insights into how experience-driven organizations establish strong business moats and unlock incredible business values.
Are you ever frustrated by your software development team getting bogged down doing undifferentiated tasks? In this episode, Joseph Emison, CTO of Branch Insurance and author of “Serverless as a Game Changer,” suggests how serverless technology can streamline the way we do software development.
Marisa Murray is the CEO of Leaderley and the author of “Blind Spots”. In this episode, Marisa delves into blind spots and explains why leaders must uncover them to become truly effective and deliver more impact and performance for the organizations we lead.
Colleen Johnson is the CEO of ProKanban, and in this episode, we delve into the fundamentals of Kanban and how to optimize your workflow. You’ll learn important Kanban concepts you should know about, such as work item age, workflow policy, flow metrics, and Service Level Expectation (SLE).
Can AI help you learn to code? Will AI take your developer job? In this episode, I discuss with Leo Porter and Daniel Zingaro, the co-authors of “Learning AI-Assisted Python Programming”, the impact of AI assistants on how we learn and approach programming and its potential impact to society.
Are you a developer ready to step up and lead? In this episode, Shelley Benhoff, author of “Lead Developer Career Guide”, sheds light on the role and core responsibilities of a lead developer. We also discuss the must-have leadership and mentoring skills you need to transform you into an inspiring leader.
