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Episode 135 | Jamie Romanowski - Leading Leaders

Jamie Romanowski talks with Dave Rael about life as a leader rather than a developer, renewing excitement and skills with a side project, hiring and firing, and the importance of priorities

Jamie is a long term software professional, father, and geek who loves solving problems and having fun doing it. Jamie is currently the Director of Strategic Technology for a clinical trial company in the Philly suburbs. He is passionate about solving the right problems, continuous learning, and doing what is best for the business. Jamie enjoys talking about his family, good science fiction, and all Philly sports teams.

Jamie's top 3 tips for delivering more value:
  1. If you are considering moving to leadership, make sure it's what you want
  2. Hire people that are smarter than you and let them do what they do while you ask questions without force
  3. Listen, collaborate, and reflect
  4. Don't get too caught up in things to take time for yourself

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