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2/5/2023
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Skills that make a big difference
While empathy is touted as a critical leadership skill it is critical for engineers too. #125 – February 06, 2023 View in browser Tech Lead Digest Skills that make a big difference While empathy is
1/29/2023
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Avoid Being an "Ivory Tower" Architect
Successful architect can impact others by switching between going into the trenches. #124 – January 30, 2023 View in browser Tech Lead Digest Avoid Being an "Ivory Tower" Architect: The
1/22/2023
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Meetings for an effective eng organization
Some engineers develop a strong point of view that meetings are a waste of their time. #123 – January 23, 2023 View in browser Tech Lead Digest Meetings for an effective eng organization Some engineers
1/20/2023
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Management Debt
Teams naturally start to incur management debt as they grow and become more complex #122 – January 16, 2023 View in browser Tech Lead Digest Management Debt Teams naturally start to incur management
1/8/2023
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How to become a better mentor
If you're serious about becoming a better mentor, then you need to continue practicing it. #121 – January 09, 2023 View in browser Tech Lead Digest We are back! Happy New Year everyone. 🤙 Hopefully
12/18/2022
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#120 Doing "No" Better
#120 – December 19, 2022 View in browser Tech Lead Digest Doing "No" Better How do we learn to say “no” gracefully? Below are a few guidelines as well as some specifics for delivering the
12/11/2022
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#119 The Angel’s in the Details
#119 – December 12, 2022 View in browser Tech Lead Digest The Angel's in the Details On a recent call, a Walmart store manager spoke about how he transformed his store's performance by focusing
12/4/2022
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#118 Company, team, self
#118 – December 05, 2022 View in browser Tech Lead Digest Company, team, self Back when I was managing at Uber, I latched onto a thinking tool that I drilled into the teams I worked with: reach the
11/27/2022
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#117 The Perks of a High-Documentation, Low-Meeting Work Culture
#117 – November 28, 2022 View in browser Tech Lead Digest I stumbled on a lot of interesting articles this week and this issue is going to be a bit longer than usual. Let me know if you like more
11/20/2022
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#116 The Modern Observability Problem
#116 – November 21, 2022 View in browser Tech Lead Digest The Modern Observability Problem The observability problem - Why is the system exhibiting this behaviour? Directus is a real-time API and App
11/13/2022
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#115 The Senior Shift
#115 – November 14, 2022 View in browser Tech Lead Digest The Senior Shift In most tech companies, the first few levels of an engineering career ladder are pretty straightforward. You must grow from
11/6/2022
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#114 Software Delivery Process
#114 – November 07, 2022 View in browser Tech Lead Digest Software Delivery Process This guide provides a step by step process that will help you to deliver your software products. Directus is a real-
10/30/2022
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Tech Lead Digest #113: What are the benefits of a microservices architecture?
And more news, tutorials and articles about building better teams, culture, and leadership in this week's issue. #113 — October 31, 2022 View in browser Tech Lead Digest Spread the word, build the
10/23/2022
17 : 54
Tech Lead Digest #112: Why is Everything So Slow? Measuring and Optimising How Engineering Teams Deliver
And more news, tutorials and articles about building better teams, culture, and leadership in this week's issue. #112 — October 24, 2022 View in browser Tech Lead Digest Spread the word, build the
10/16/2022
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Tech Lead Digest #111: How to run an effective retrospective
And more news, tutorials and articles about building better teams, culture, and leadership in this week's issue. #111 — October 17, 2022 View in browser Tech Lead Digest Spread the word, build the
10/9/2022
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Tech Lead Digest #110: Building a Data-driven Hiring Machine
And more news, tutorials and articles about building better teams, culture, and leadership in this week's issue. #110 — October 10, 2022 View in browser Tech Lead Digest Spread the word, build the
10/2/2022
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Tech Lead Digest #109: Your CTO Should Actually Be Technical
And more news, tutorials and articles about building better teams, culture, and leadership in this week's issue. #109 — October 03, 2022 View in browser Tech Lead Digest Spread the word, build the
9/25/2022
19 : 44
Tech Lead Digest #108: On the team as a system
And more news, tutorials and articles about building better teams, culture, and leadership in this week's issue. #108 — September 26, 2022 View in browser Tech Lead Digest Spread the word, build
9/18/2022
20 : 34
Tech Lead Digest #107: What is a Solutions Architect (and how can you become one)?
And more news, tutorials and articles about building better teams, culture, and leadership in this week's issue. #107 — September 19, 2022 View in browser Tech Lead Digest Spread the word, build
9/12/2022
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Tech Lead Digest #106: Debugging Teams: Groundhog Day
And more news, tutorials and articles about building better teams, culture, and leadership in this week's issue. #106 — September 12, 2022 View in browser Tech Lead Digest Spread the word, build