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Level Up: Choosing The Technical Leadership Path

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Discover how to advance your career through technical leadership in this 40-minute conference talk recorded at YOW! Australia 2024. Patrick Kua, founder of the Tech Lead Academy, shares practical advice on becoming an effective technical leader based on over a decade of experience developing technical leaders. Learn what good technical leadership looks like, how to create technical alignment within teams, and ways to reduce accidental complexity in software development. The presentation explores the Trident model of leadership, essential leadership skills, and five compelling reasons to pursue a technical leadership path: building different skills, shaping team environments, having greater impact, seeing growth in others, and working on more challenging problems. Gain actionable insights on getting started in technical leadership, with a clear recipe for success. Perfect for developers looking to increase their impact and grow professionally in the technical leadership track.

Syllabus

00:00 Intro
01:45 Agenda
02:28 Exploring technical leadership
02:33 Story
07:47 Lack of technical alignment
10:16 Accidental complexity
13:21 What is technical leadership?
16:29 Technical alignment
20:14 Who's accountable for tech leadership?
21:33 Trident model
28:10 Leadership skills
30:39 Reasons for you
31:24 Reason 1: Build different skills
32:10 Reason 2: Shape the team environment
33:06 Reason 3: Have greater impact
33:56 Reason 4: See growth in others
34:37 Reason 5: Work on more challenging problems
34:44 How to get started
39:03 Recipe
39:43 Outro

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