Level Up

By Patrick Kua

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

Previous issues

Level Up - Issue #120

#120 Nov 28, 2021

Level Up - Issue #119

#119 Nov 21, 2021

Level Up - Issue #118

#118 Nov 14, 2021

#117

Nov 7, 2021

Level Up - Issue #117 – Running in person workshops 🥳After running remote workshops for more than a year and a half, this wee
#116

Oct 31, 2021

Level Up - Issue #116 – What could possibly go wrong?In last week's newsletter, I challenged you to identify your top priorit
#115

Oct 24, 2021

Level Up - Issue #115 – 10 calendar weeks to goIf you're like most technical leaders I'm working with, you finished your 2022
#114

Oct 17, 2021

Level Up - Issue #114 – Which problems are you solving?Earlier this week I was helping a leader navigate a conflict they were
#113

Oct 10, 2021

Level Up - Issue #113 – Tech is an amplifer. Are you being responsible?It was hard to go by this week without hearing somethi
#112

Oct 3, 2021

Level Up - Issue #112 – Getting better at saying noAll leaders struggle to find enough time. Effective time management is a k
#111

Sep 26, 2021

Level Up - Issue #111 – Finding leadership opportunitiesI meet a lot of individual contributors considering what their future
#110

Sep 19, 2021

Level Up - Issue #110 – Treat interviews as a two-way processIn speaking with different technical leaders this week, everyone
#109

Sep 12, 2021

Level Up - Issue #109 – UncertaintyOne of the hardest shifts for developers stepping into technical leadership roles is deali
#108

Sep 5, 2021

Level Up - Issue #108 – What is a CTO?I was lucky to join two other seasoned CTOs (Christina Scott from News International an
#107

Aug 29, 2021

Level Up - Issue #107 – In person contact is importantAs more countries increase their vaccination rate I'm hearing from more
#106

Aug 22, 2021

Level Up - Issue #106 – Good decisions don't guarantee good outcomesI had a recent conversation with a technical leader about
#105

Aug 15, 2021

Level Up - Issue #105 – Leaders manage state transitionsIn my coaching sessions with leaders, I often return to the idea that
#104

Aug 8, 2021

Level Up - Issue #104 – When to carve out rolesI had an interesting conversation with a leader in a scale-up this week and we
#103

Aug 1, 2021

Level Up - Issue #103 – "I'm not allowed to write tests"I was in a coaching session with a technical leader this week who was
#102

Jul 25, 2021

Level Up - Issue #102 – Leading a quieter teamIn one of my mentoring sessions this week, someone asked, "How can you encourag
#101

Jul 18, 2021

Level Up - Issue #101 – Dealing with bad daysEveryone has bad days. It's natural that we sometimes wake up, find ourselves in

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