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Nurturing Design in Your Software Engineering Culture

Strategic Tech

Martin Fowler argues that internal quality of a software system enables new features and improvements to be delivered more sustainably. Simon Brown taught me how to review architecture diagrams 10 years ago. Equally, it requires people who enjoy constructively reviewing and providing feedback. The same applies to coaching.

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How engineering managers can effectively support engineers, teams, and organizations

CircleCI

It is a mix of hands-on coding, technical leadership and decision making, process and project management, product oversight, people management, finding and hiring talent … the list goes on. Research from performance coach and trainer Paloma Medina exposes six core needs humans have (including at work). Coach engineers.

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Tech Leadership books

Apiumhub

The transition to tech leadership is a huge challenge. Technical leadership is different. Leading a technical team demands more than just management skills, but also technical prowess, and the ability to navigate the tech world. An Elegant Puzzle: Systems of Engineering Management by Will Larson.

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Why Having a Tech Lead or Manager as Scrum Master is a Bad Idea

Agile Pain Relief Notes from a Tool User

Tell them that the role of ScrumMaster is as a servant-leader, coach, and facilitator, navigating the dynamics of the team to ensure Scrum practices are followed and value is delivered effectively. This aspect of servant leadership also entails fostering an environment where the team can be self-organizing and efficient.

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Collaboration and Notqmail with Amitai Schleier

Marcus Blankenship - Podcasts

Announcer: Welcome to the Programming Leadership podcast where we help great coders become skilled leaders and build happy high performing software teams. Amitai is an independent software development coach based out of New York and we met recently and have just become the best of friends. Marcus: Alright. Hello, Amitai.

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Unleashing the power of generative AI: Verisk’s journey to an Instant Insight Engine for enhanced customer support

AWS Machine Learning - AI

The Opportunity Verisk FAST’s initial foray into using AI was due to the immense breadth and complexity of the platform. Having that transparency helped Verisk identify areas of the system where their documents were lacking and needed some restructuring. However, they understood that this was not a one-and-done effort.