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Why Technical Leadership Matters

A keynote that I gave at the GDS away day held in FIsh Island Labs Friday 25 September, 2015

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Why Technical Leadership Matters

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  1. @patkua TECHNICAL LEADERSHIP MATTERS

  2. ABOUT @PATKUA Architect Developer Leader Coach Life-long learner Author http://tiny.cc/twtl http://tiny.cc/retros 2

  3. What happens without Technical Leadership?

  4. 5 persistence frameworks

  5. 5 persistence frameworks 3 automated test frameworks

  6. 5 persistence frameworks 3 automated test frameworks 5 parallel branches

  7. 5 persistence frameworks 3 automated test frameworks 5 parallel branches A hand-rolled source control system

  8. 5 persistence frameworks 3 automated test frameworks 5 parallel branches A hand-rolled source control system All on the same project…

  9. Think I’m kidding?

  10. @julianboot

  11. @julianboot @thejayfields: I had ten guys on my last project, all of them had opinions and all of them were expressed in the code base #speakerconf Source: http://twitter.com/julianboot/status/232830267822309376

  12. ?

  13. TECHNICAL LEADERSHIP MATTERS

  14. Just imagine…

  15. IMPACT

  16. IMPACT INFLUENCE

  17. Amplify yourIMPACT

  18. BUT

  19. BUT A WARNING

  20. Once upon a time… 21

  21. Once upon a time… 22

  22. Once upon a time… New Development 22

  23. Support Once upon a time… New Development 22

  24. Support Once upon a time… 8 months later… New Development 22

  25. Support Once upon a time… 8 months later… New Development 23

  26. Support Once upon a time… 8 months later… New Development 23

  27. Technical Vision Matters 24

  28. Technical Vision Matters 24

  29. A SIMPLE TEST FOR AN EFFECTIVE TECH LEAD...

  30. Does the codebase look like it was written by a single person? Yes No

  31. LEADERSHIP

  32. LEADERSHIP NOT *JUST* LEADERS

  33. A quick test…

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