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Technical Leadership: Beyond Problem Solving w/ Pat Kua

The skills you use as a software engineer and the skills you need as a technical team leader are not the same.

This week on Dev Interrupted Pat Kua, a former CTO turned engineering-leadership-coach, speaker and author, walks us through techniques to overcome the unique challenges that engineers face when taking on a leadership role.

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Episode Highlights include:

  • How to identify team multipliers
  • How to know if you’re doing a good job
  • The different skills you need to be a great technical leader
  • Tactics for staying focused on your goals and saying no to meeting requests

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