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March 6 · Issue #134 · View online
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.
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Announcing āEngineering Manager Essentials: A Strong Foundation for effective EMsā Iām excited to share an announcement with you all today. Iāve had many organisations request training specifically for Engineering Managers. My existing Shortcut to Tech Leadership course is aimed at technical leaders who may or may not be managers. Some organisations think engineering management is only about people management, but while people management plays an important part for engineering managers itās not all that they need to know. This is what the new course, Engineering Manager Essentials, is intended to solve. This is an online 4-hour course where Iāll be guiding participants through the expectations of an Engineering Manager using lecture, discussion, and activities. If you are on the IC track (e.g. Staff Engineer, Tech Lead) or a Senior Engineer exploring the management track, youāll come away with understanding what might be expected of you in the EM role. Even if youāre not an official EM youāll come away with some practical tips and tricks you can still use. If youāre just starting out as an EM (less than two years), then this is the overview you probably never had when you transitioned into your role. Engineering Manager Essentials will give you a good map of what you are already doing well and areas you can focus on to improve. If you are a Director, VP Engineering or CTO, you probably donāt have time to build training material for your EMs, so this course is designed to level up your EMs for you. Iām running one publicly available workshop in April and there are 25% off tickets (first come, first serve) until March 14. I hope to see you, or one of your team members join one of the workshops. Enjoy this weekās newsletter, please pass it on to a friend or colleague who might benefit.
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Join a workshop in April and save 25% for launch of this course until Mar 14! (Click the banner to find out more)
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130+ women CTOs in Europe: the complete list
Reading time: 7mins Posted by Amelia Webb (@ameliawebbne) from Sifted, this is an impressive list of some CTOs across Europe. Iām really happy to have some more people to follow on Twitter.
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A playbook for managing & leading in difficult times & crises
Reading time: 20mins This playbook by Lena Reinhard (@lrnrd) is one to bookmark and refer to in times of need. Sheās had a lot of experience leading technical teams and growing engineering managers, so this playbook is definitely battle-tested too.
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How to live with your regrets
Reading time: 11mins Great managers have some level of regret. After all, thatās a good sign of empathy. But regret can hold leaders back if it is the wrong type. Ā David Robson (@d_a_robson) from the BBC covers the different types.
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Why do some Information Technologies remain relevant after many decades?
Reading time: 5mins
Pablo Iorio (@pabloinsydney) asks a great question that made me think about things that remain relevant. Although I would have picked some different ones, itās a good question to also ask yourself about how much you invest yourself in specialising or learning a new technology.
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Sustainable architectures in a world of Agile, DevOps, and cloud
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Their Bionic Eyes Are Now Obsolete and Unsupported
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Low Process Culture, High Process Culture
Reading time: 6mins
Cate Huston (@catehstn) shares her personal experiences of transitioning from a low-process culture to a high-process culture and how she coped with this. Key for managers to consider if they are thinking about adding/removing or tweaking processes.
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How Our Virtual Office Empowered Us to Go Remote-First
Reading time: 14mins I loved reading this blog post from Akita founder Jean Yang (@jeanqasaur) which is a case study in how they evolved their practices to make an engaging remote-first environment. š„³
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This email should have been a document
Reading time:12 mins I loved this focus on deliberate communication channels by Tech Lead, Rina Artstain (@_rinaarts_). She offers some practical advice when email is and is not appropriate and some pitfalls and some great concrete examples š.
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Some of you might remember watching this show, so this made me 𤣠š
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If youāre interested in how the structures of the Internet run given the heated events unfolding right now, check out this thread. This bonus article is also worth understanding the implications.
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Some highlights from ICANN's rejection of Ukraine's request for Russia to be severed from the internet: https://t.co/tDnoZVOqSZ
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