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Tech Lead Journal

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.

[Best of 2023] #122 - Essential Things Every Software Engineer Should Know - Kevlin Henney

18 mins; January 01, 2024

[Best of 2023] #120 - Software Architecture: From Fundamentals to the Hard Parts - Neal Ford

16 mins; January 01, 2024

#157 - Platform Strategy: Innovation Through Harmonization - Gregor Hohpe

64 hours 25 mins; December 17, 2023

#156 - Making Work Visible: Exposing Time Theft to Optimize Work & Flow - Dominica DeGrandis

59 mins; November 27, 2023

#155 - Build What Matters With Vision-Led Product Management - Ben Foster

62 hours 40 mins; November 20, 2023

#154 - Scale a Fast and Resilient Company With Lean - Catherine Chabiron & Fabrice Bernhard

57 mins; November 13, 2023

#153 - Architecture Modernization: Socio-Technical Alignment of Software, Strategy, and Structure - Nick Tune

63 hours 12 mins; October 30, 2023

#152 - Craft Your Code with Software Craftsmanship - Srihari Sridharan

66 hours 54 mins; October 16, 2023

#151 - Build Your Model for Leadership and Leading Change - Marsha Acker

61 hours 0 mins; October 09, 2023

#150 - How to Think Like a CTO - Alan Williamson

65 hours 25 mins; October 02, 2023

#149 - Dynamic Reteaming: The Art and Wisdom of Changing Teams - Heidi Helfand

61 hours 6 mins; September 18, 2023

#148 - Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) Essentials - Jan Molak & John Ferguson Smart

86 hours 28 mins; September 11, 2023

#147 - Collaborative Software Design: How to Facilitate Domain Modeling Decisions - Evelyn Van Kelle & Gien Verschatse

64 hours 28 mins; September 04, 2023

#146 - Wrong Fit, Right Fit: Why How We Work Matters More Than Ever - Andre Martin

52 mins; August 28, 2023

#145 - Becoming a Happy Engineer Through Lifestyle Engineering - Zachary White

58 mins; August 21, 2023

#144 - Better Value Sooner Safer Happier - Jonathan Smart & Simon Rohrer

49 mins; August 14, 2023

#143 - How to Think Like a Software Engineering Manager - Akanksha Gupta

51 mins; July 31, 2023

#142 - The Power of Leadership Principles and Positive Leadership - Michael Foss

63 hours 30 mins; July 24, 2023

#141 - Auditing with Agility: Stop Fearing Your Auditors - Clarissa Lucas

52 mins; July 17, 2023

#140 - Tech Founding Lessons from an Incorrigible Entrepreneur - Jothy Rosenberg

59 mins; July 10, 2023

#139 - A Developer's Guide to Effective Software Testing - Mauricio Aniche

55 mins; July 03, 2023

#138 - Building Application Security Program - Derek Fisher

50 mins; June 26, 2023

#137 - Lean DevOps: A Practical Guide to On-Demand Delivery - Robert Benefield

57 mins; June 19, 2023

#136 - Privacy Engineering: How to Build for Data Privacy - Nishant Bhajaria

64 hours 5 mins; June 05, 2023

#135 - Microservice Reflection & Scaling Complex Adaptive System - James Lewis

57 mins; May 29, 2023

#134 - A Developer-Centric Approach to Measuring and Improving Productivity - Margaret-Anne Storey & Abi Noda

66 hours 19 mins; May 22, 2023

#133 - Software Requirements Essentials - Karl Wiegers

61 hours 32 mins; May 15, 2023

#132 - Rock the Tech Stage With Public Speaking and Killer Demo - Oscar Santolalla

48 mins; May 08, 2023

#131 - Data Essentials in Software Architecture - Pramod Sadalage

60 hours 9 mins; May 01, 2023

#130 - Remote Work Insights & Leading Engineers as a Non-Engineer - Sarah Milstein

51 mins; April 24, 2023

#129 - GIST Framework for Building High-Value, High-Impact Products - Itamar Gilad

64 hours 0 mins; April 17, 2023

#128 - Threshold Leadership: Leading in the Age of AI - Nick Chatrath

60 hours 1 min; April 10, 2023

#127 - Building Successful Products With Game Thinking - Amy Jo Kim

55 mins; April 03, 2023

#126 - Elevating Leadership Through Vertical Development - Ryan Gottfredson

57 mins; March 27, 2023

#125 - Patterns for API Design - Daniel Luebke

49 mins; March 20, 2023

#124 - The Value Flywheel Effect - David Anderson

54 mins; March 13, 2023

#123 - The Empathetic Workplace: How to Handle Workplace Trauma - Katharine Manning

53 mins; March 06, 2023

#122 - Essential Things Every Software Engineer Should Know - Kevlin Henney

60 hours 36 mins; February 27, 2023

#121 - Developing Creative Identity at Work & Personal Life - Oana Velcu-Laitinen

52 mins; February 20, 2023

#120 - Software Architecture: From Fundamentals to the Hard Parts - Neal Ford

58 mins; February 13, 2023

#119 - Becoming a Professional Agile Leader - Ron Eringa

50 mins; February 06, 2023

#118 - Lead Without Blame: Building Resilient Learning Teams - Diana Larsen

57 mins; January 30, 2023

#117 - How to Establish SRE Foundations From Scratch - Vladyslav Ukis

53 mins; January 23, 2023

#116 - Human Powered Teams With Emotional Intelligence - Trenton Moss

58 mins; January 16, 2023

[Best of 2022] #94 - Engineering Manager Essentials - Patrick Kua

20 mins; January 02, 2023

[Best of 2022] #76 - Learning Domain-Driven Design - Vladik Khononov

17 mins; December 26, 2022

[Best of 2022] #90 - Clean Craftsmanship - Robert C. Martin (Uncle Bob)

19 mins; December 19, 2022

[Best of 2022] #102 - Building Inspired & Empowered Product Teams - Marty Cagan

18 mins; December 12, 2022

[Best of 2022] #100 - Modern Software Engineering - Dave Farley

15 mins; December 05, 2022

#115 - Senior Engineering Leadership & Scaling Engineering Teams - Manoj Awasthi

44 mins; November 28, 2022

#114 - A Radical Enterprise & Radical Collaboration - Matt K. Parker

66 hours 27 mins; November 21, 2022

#113 - Architecture Decision Record (ADR) - Michael Keeling

40 mins; November 14, 2022

#112 - Developer Productivity and Experience - Abi Noda

52 mins; November 07, 2022

#111 - Teach the Geek to Speak: Public Speaking for Technical Professionals - Neil Thompson

39 mins; October 31, 2022

#110 - Elastic Leadership: Growing Self-Organizing Teams - Roy Osherove

55 mins; October 24, 2022

#109 - A Strengths-Based Approach to Leadership - Brandon Miller

48 mins; October 17, 2022

#108 - Building the Future of Cloud Engineering With Pulumi - Joe Duffy

50 mins; October 10, 2022

#107 - Data Mesh: Delivering Data-Driven Value at Scale - Zhamak Dehghani

56 mins; October 03, 2022

#106 - Company-wide Agility With BOSSA Nova - Jutta Eckstein

56 mins; September 26, 2022

#105 - Coaching for Technical Leaders - Bob Galen

57 mins; September 19, 2022

#104 - Growing Through Experimentation - Lisi Hocke

59 mins; September 12, 2022

#103 - Software Development Pearls - Karl Wiegers

59 mins; September 05, 2022

#102 - Building Inspired & Empowered Product Teams - Marty Cagan

50 mins; August 29, 2022

#101 - My Engineering Leadership Story & 100 Episodes Reflection - Henry Suryawirawan

64 hours 55 mins; August 22, 2022

#100 - Modern Software Engineering - Dave Farley

62 hours 20 mins; August 08, 2022

#99 - Better Software With Acceptance Test-Driven Development - Kenneth Pugh

50 mins; August 01, 2022

#98 - Professional Agile Leadership With Empiricism, Catalytic Leadership, and Self-Management for Agility - Kurt Bittner

50 mins; July 25, 2022

#97 - Personal Kanban & Collaboration Equation - Jim Benson

56 mins; July 18, 2022

#96 - Practical Guide to Implementing SRE and SLOs - Alex Hidalgo

61 hours 49 mins; July 11, 2022

#95 - Top Career Lessons from an Engineering Career Coach - Jeff Perry

49 mins; July 04, 2022

#94 - Engineering Manager Essentials - Patrick Kua

54 mins; June 27, 2022

#93 - Maximum Value Maximum Speed Software - Dave Thomas

57 mins; June 20, 2022

#92 - Agile and Holistic Testing - Janet Gregory & Lisa Crispin

61 hours 16 mins; June 13, 2022

#91 - Lean Software Development Principles and Mindset - Mary & Tom Poppendieck

58 mins; June 06, 2022

#90 - Clean Craftsmanship - Robert C. Martin (Uncle Bob)

61 hours 3 mins; May 30, 2022

#89 - Code That Fits in Your Head - Mark Seemann

54 mins; May 23, 2022

#88 - Observability Engineering - Liz Fong-Jones

46 mins; May 16, 2022

#87 - Learning to Program With Exercism and Building Employee Culture With Kaido - Jeremy Walker

54 mins; May 09, 2022

#86 - Adaptive Systems with Wardley Mapping, Domain-Driven Design, and Team Topologies - Susanne Kaiser

50 mins; May 02, 2022

#85 - Agile Recruiting: Hiring in a Complex and Uncertain World - Jens Olberding

46 mins; April 18, 2022

#84 - Tech Consulting and Upskilling Others Through Livestreams - Laurențiu Spilcă

51 mins; April 11, 2022

#83 - Effective Remote Work - James Stanier

58 mins; April 04, 2022

#82 - Engineering Leadership Lessons From Scaling Up Bukalapak - Mohammed Alabsi

36 mins; March 28, 2022

#81 - Architecture Is Context—Making the Right Architecture Decisions - Eltjo Poort

52 mins; March 21, 2022

#80 - Personal Agility System - Peter Stevens and Maria Matarelli

59 mins; March 14, 2022

#79 - Domain-Driven Design With Functional Programming - Scott Wlaschin

44 mins; March 07, 2022

#78 - Alignment: Overcoming Internal Sabotage and Digital Product Failure - Jonathon Hensley

46 mins; February 28, 2022

#77 - Transformational Leadership: A Guide for the Soulful and Practical Leaders - Jardena London

52 mins; February 21, 2022

#76 - Learning Domain-Driven Design - Vladik Khononov

56 mins; February 14, 2022

#75 - Domain Storytelling: Building Domain-Driven Software Collaboratively - Stefan Hofer

48 mins; February 07, 2022

#74 - Rapid Web Apps Development With Anvil & Importance of Product Documentation - Meredydd Luff

45 mins; January 31, 2022

#73 - Continuous Architecture (Part 3) - Security and Resilience - Eoin Woods

44 mins; January 24, 2022

#72 - Managing SRE Toils Using AIOps and NoOps - Amrith Raj

52 mins; January 17, 2022

#71 - Strategic Monoliths and Microservices - Vaughn Vernon

57 mins; January 10, 2022

#70 - Continuous Architecture (Part 2) - Principles, Scalability, and Performance - Pierre Pureur

44 mins; December 27, 2021

#69 - The Relevance of Project Management in Tech Today - Jana Axline

44 mins; December 20, 2021

#68 - 2021 Accelerate State of DevOps Report - Nathen Harvey

47 mins; December 13, 2021

#67 - Continuous Architecture (Part 1) - Principles and Essential Activities - Murat Erder

42 mins; December 06, 2021

#66 - Time and Temporal Modeling in Event Sourcing - Tomasz Jaskula

40 mins; November 29, 2021

#65 - Developing Your Leadership Agility Fitness in a VUCA World - Nick Horney

50 mins; November 22, 2021

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