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TradeMe’s bold new plan to boost number of women in technical leadership roles

CIO

New Zealand online marketplace TradeMe, has unveiled an ambitious plan to double the number of women in technical leadership roles, to address the persistent gender imbalance in the tech industry, where women remain underrepresented, especially in senior positions. And as a result of that, we kicked off a program.

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Technical Review: A Trusted Look Under the Hood

TechEmpower CTO

Most innovators don’t have a technical background, so it’s hard to evaluate the truth of the situation. The explanation from software leadership is often unsatisfying or unclear. And unless they have a tech background, they can’t look under the hood themselves. It also provides concrete recommendations for improvements.

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Effective Technical Leadership

NeverFriday

Some notes from the Effective Technical Leadership talk given by David Byttow. Attributes of an effective technical lead. Knowledge: “A strong tech lead’s knowledge is broad and deep…A tech lead should be a master of several technologies.” Review code in detail and provide useful feedback.

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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. Remember, that learning is key to success in any leadership position.

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20 IT management certifications for IT leaders

CIO

The certifications you’ll want to pursue will vary depending on the technologies you work with and the methodologies your organization employs. As an IT manager, you’ll need all the technical skills of an IT professional, but it’s also important to have the soft skills necessary for effective management.

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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

Servant Leadership: prioritizing the needs of the team and helping others to perform as highly as possible. This aspect of servant leadership also entails fostering an environment where the team can be self-organizing and efficient. So what about having a Tech Lead or Manager fill the role of ScrumMaster?

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Measuring and managing technical debt with DevOps

CircleCI

Every technical team in the software industry is familiar with technical debt. That is because every software team incurs technical debt along the way. This article answers some critical questions about technical debt. What is technical debt? In doing so, this team is incurring a technical “debt.”