Technical Leadership Matters • Dave Thomas • YOW! 2019

This presentation was recorded at YOW! 2019. #GOTOcon #YOW https://yowcon.com Dave Thomas - Chairman of Bedarra Corp RESOURCES http://www.davethomas.net https://twitter.com/daveathomas https://linkedin.com/in/davidathomas ABSTRACT I've been privileged to work with talented engineering teams for over forty years. They have varied from startups to large international companies. In this talk, I discuss key lessons which I learned from great and terrible technical leaders. We look at the many hats of a CTO - Engineering Lead, Engineering Director, Product Owner, Technical Visionary, R&D Director, Chief Entrepreneur, Playing Coach, Chief Scientist, Distinguished Engineer, Board Member, Community Leader. We discuss the essential qualities of technical leadership. Why the Vision thing is an essential feature of a good CTO. The importance of your global technical network. [...] RECOMMENDED BOOKS Kevlin Henney • 97 Things Every Programmer Should Know • https://amzn.to/2Yahf9U Henney & Monson-Haefel • 97 Things Every Software Architect Should Know • https://amzn.to/3pZuHsQ Matthew Skelton & Manuel Pais • Team Topologies • http://amzn.to/3sVLyLQ Michael Jackson • Software Requirements and Specifications • https://amzn.to/3ql2T14 Geoffrey West • Scale • http://amzn.to/3eKMbpc Donald G. Reinertsen • The Principles of Product Development Flow • https://amzn.to/3hJ2Ye https://twitter.com/GOTOcon https://www.linkedin.com/company/goto- https://www.instagram.com/goto_con https://www.facebook.com/GOTOConferences #Leadership #TechnicalLeadership #DeveloperProductivity #Productivity #SoftwareEngineering #Programming #Teams #DaveThomas #YOWcon Looking for a unique learning experience? Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket at https://gotopia.tech Sign up for updates and specials at https://gotopia.tech/newsletter SUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHANNEL - new videos posted almost daily. https://www.youtube.com/user/GotoConferences/?sub_confirmation=1