This summer, I made some big and incredibly exciting changes: After many years in engineering leadership positions and in the seventeenth year of my career, I’m starting my own engineering leadership coaching & consulting firm, and I’m studying psychology at the most prestigious university in Germany in the field. [Insert :scream: emoji here.] Continuing my… Continue reading Big news: starting a leadership coaching & consulting firm, and going to university
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27 things I learned about hiring in tech from looking for a new engineering management role
This spring, I spent some time looking for a new professional challenge. This search turned out to be much more interesting and intense than I’d expected. Along the way, I learned quite a lot about myself, the broader industry, and how to do hiring well, and wanted to share those learnings with you. — Getting… Continue reading 27 things I learned about hiring in tech from looking for a new engineering management role
New talk online: Debugging the tech industry
In December 2016, I had the honour of closing JSConf Australia, and getting to spend a few wonderful days in Melbourne (if you want to see and read what that was like, this is for you: 12 days of summer: Melbourne in November 2016). More than seven months later and just a few weeks ago, I… Continue reading New talk online: Debugging the tech industry
Working in management and feeling productive
I like the sound of big machines. Sat somewhere by a window, looking out, listening to the steady, soft humming of a bus motor, an airplane, a train, I will fall asleep within minutes. The big machines calm me down. The Human in the Machine is a project where 365 authors write about productivity in 2017. As… Continue reading Working in management and feeling productive
Should my tech conference / community have a Code of Conduct? – Recommended Resources
(Header Photo from CSSConf EU 2015) The short answer is here: tl;dr Discussions about the necessity and relevance of Codes of Conduct for tech communities and at conferences or other events has been returning every few months over the past years. I’ve put together a list of fantastic resources about the topic that were written by… Continue reading Should my tech conference / community have a Code of Conduct? – Recommended Resources
How to prepare and write a tech conference talk
Why I’m writing this post A few weeks ago, @Charlotteis asked on Twitter about resources for preparing / giving conference talks. Their tweet reminded me that I had meant to write down my process for a very long time. So here it is. I’m planning to write two posts about this topic – this first… Continue reading How to prepare and write a tech conference talk