As we get more senior, more and more tasks compete for our time. With the many different responsibilities, it becomes harder and harder to find time to actually code. In this talk, I will discuss some of the pros and cons to continuing to code, along with how some of my peers and I have thought through and continue to think through this decision.
In this talk, I will take you through uncertainty and its impact on our lives by looking at case studies from the cotton mill workers of 19th Century Britain to the fall of Nokia as the world's No. 1 phone maker and how change connects them both. Then, I will explore how the uncertainty of change can sometimes cause us to ignore, deny, distort, or even try to stop it from happening instead of working with it.
To grow our technical leadership skills, it’s critical to lean on one’s network of support.
In this talk, Hywel will discuss the skills needed as engineers progress on different career paths (both technical leadership and people management), and how they can be learned outside the ‘production environment’ of the team.
One of the toughest challenges you face as an engineering leader is staying current while preparing yourself and your teams for change.
