Level Up

By Patrick Kua

Level Up delivers a curated newsletter for leaders in tech. A project by http://patkua.com. Ideal for busy people such as Tech Leads, Engineering Managers, VPs of Engineering, CTOs and more.

Previous issues

Level Up - Issue #87

#87 Apr 11, 2021

Level Up - Issue #86

#86 Apr 4, 2021

Level Up - Issue #85

#85 Mar 28, 2021

#84

Mar 21, 2021

Level Up - Issue #84 – Standard of workAt least once during the Shortcut to Tech Leadership workshops, a participant asks a
#83

Mar 14, 2021

Level Up - Issue #83 – The Importance of ConstraintsBack in the days when I wrote code every day as part of a team, I fondly
#82

Mar 7, 2021

Level Up - Issue #82 – Cautiously using metrics and numbersThis week, Level Up reached more than 6,000 subscribers 🎉. What s
#81

Feb 28, 2021

Level Up - Issue #81 – How technical does a tech leader have to be?I get this question a lot from participants from Shortcut
#80

Feb 21, 2021

Level Up - Issue #80 – The Loneliness of LeadershipWhen a team member takes on a leadership or management role, the relation
#79

Feb 14, 2021

Level Up - Issue #79 – Good leaders manage uncertaintyOne of the biggest struggles I see with technical folk stepping into l
#78

Feb 7, 2021

Level Up - Issue #78 – What's stopping you from doing that? Reflecting on my weekly coaching/mentoring sessions, this seems
#77

Jan 31, 2021

Level Up - Issue #77 – Shaping Team CultureI had a fun discussion with an engineering leader this week around defining team
#76

Jan 24, 2021

Level Up - Issue #76 – Teams are not familiesMany engineering leaders use the "team is a family" metaphor. Some have good in
#75

Jan 17, 2021

Level Up - Issue #75 – Set boundaries by saying noIf you're like most other leaders, you've had a busy start to the year, ca
#74

Jan 10, 2021

Level Up - Issue #74 – Practice TimeboxingWelcome back to the start of the working calendar year 🥳. Based on the many Out of
#73

Jan 3, 2021

Level Up - Issue #73 – Recap Edition: Top Organisation & Process Articles for 2020I hope you all had a wonderful and saf
#72

Dec 27, 2020

Level Up - Issue #72 – Recap Edition: Top Tech Articles for 2020I'm keeping this introduction short as I know many of you ar
#71

Dec 20, 2020

Level Up - Issue #71 – Recap Edition: Top Leadership Articles for 2020What a year 2020 has been! As we start to hit the holi
#70

Dec 13, 2020

Level Up - Issue #70 – Reflecting on the past In the last few issues, I've written about taking time to celebrate, focusing
#69

Dec 6, 2020

Level Up - Issue #69 – Grounded in gratefulnessLast year I finished the online Yale course, "The Science of Well-Being". On
#68

Nov 29, 2020

Level Up - Issue #68 – Focus on only one more thing in 2020With about four weeks left before the holiday season, you are all

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