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Latest in the âmoving into tech leadership and/or managementâ subtheme here today at #LeadDevSanFrancisco is âBecoming a Manager Somewhere Elseâ from @mybluewristband 
âNot all the advice provided in this talk will definitely work for you, as itâs my own storyâ
@mybluewristband #LeadDevSanFrancisco
@mybluewristband #LeadDevSanFrancisco
Jennâs Career Trajectory:
- civil engineer
- mechanical engineer
- structural engineer
- customer support (to get foot in the door of tech)
- web developer (~5 years)
- software engineer (again. Another 3 yrs)
- moving towards management
@mybluewristband #LeadDevSanFrancisco
- civil engineer
- mechanical engineer
- structural engineer
- customer support (to get foot in the door of tech)
- web developer (~5 years)
- software engineer (again. Another 3 yrs)
- moving towards management
@mybluewristband #LeadDevSanFrancisco
âMaking code review a more inclusive & productive collaboration
1) Why itâs important
2) How to promote inclusive code reviews
3) Best practicesâ
Shifalika Kanwar #LeadDevSanFrancisco
1) Why itâs important
2) How to promote inclusive code reviews
3) Best practicesâ
Shifalika Kanwar #LeadDevSanFrancisco
Maslowâs Hierarchy of Code Reviews:
- Inspirational
- Elegant
- Readable
- Secure
- Correct
Shifalika Kanwar #LeadDevSanFrancisco
- Inspirational
- Elegant
- Readable
- Secure
- Correct
Shifalika Kanwar #LeadDevSanFrancisco
Transitions into management
âWith a flavour of failures, with a flavour of mistakes, with a flavour of exceptionsâ
@JCardenete #LeadDevSanFrancisco
âWith a flavour of failures, with a flavour of mistakes, with a flavour of exceptionsâ
@JCardenete #LeadDevSanFrancisco
âWeâre going to look at two different angles:
1) Person (right person for this transition to manager)
2) Environment (set them up to succeed)
Success = high performing team + âhappyâ manager + for a long time (2+ years)â
@JCardenete #LeadDevSanFrancisco
1) Person (right person for this transition to manager)
2) Environment (set them up to succeed)
Success = high performing team + âhappyâ manager + for a long time (2+ years)â
@JCardenete #LeadDevSanFrancisco
âThree Things to Look for in the Person:
[0) Care about people (non-neg) ]
1) Doubts (filter out power hungry)
2) Growth mindset (highly competent at engineering â> highly incompetent at managing)
3) Courage to be disliked (recognition changes)
@JCardenete #LeadDevSanFrancisco
[0) Care about people (non-neg) ]
1) Doubts (filter out power hungry)
2) Growth mindset (highly competent at engineering â> highly incompetent at managing)
3) Courage to be disliked (recognition changes)
@JCardenete #LeadDevSanFrancisco
1) What is inclusive hiring?
âInclusion is a foundation for setting and creating a level playing field for people to be given opportunities to succeed. Inclusion has to presume competence.â
@sushmars #LeadDevSanFrancisco
âInclusion is a foundation for setting and creating a level playing field for people to be given opportunities to succeed. Inclusion has to presume competence.â
@sushmars #LeadDevSanFrancisco
âInclusive hiring is not just hiring underrepresented minorities and checking a box.
Diverse, motivated employees push the company forward so much more than companies that lack thatâ
@sushmars #LeadDevSanFrancisco
Diverse, motivated employees push the company forward so much more than companies that lack thatâ
@sushmars #LeadDevSanFrancisco
Why is inclusive hiring important?
1) foundation to diversity
2) diversity of thought
3) deepens the pool
4) enhances innovation
@sushmars #LeadDevSanFrancisco
1) foundation to diversity
2) diversity of thought
3) deepens the pool
4) enhances innovation
@sushmars #LeadDevSanFrancisco
I love the @TheLeadDev crowd so much. They just gave @carlaprvieira applause and whooping for explaining itâs her first time in the US and her first international conference talk here at #LeadDevSanFrancisco đ„°đ„°đ„°đđđ
âBias is like a virus that travels and is replicated by machine learning models.â
@carlaprvieira #LeadDevSanFrancisco
@carlaprvieira #LeadDevSanFrancisco
Potential Harms Caused by AI Systems:
1) Bias & discrimination
2) Denial of individual autonomic rights
3) Non-transparent, unexplainable or unjustifiable outcomes
4) Invasions of privacy
5) Unreliable, unsafe or poor quality outcomes
@carlaprvieira #LeadDevSanFrancisco
1) Bias & discrimination
2) Denial of individual autonomic rights
3) Non-transparent, unexplainable or unjustifiable outcomes
4) Invasions of privacy
5) Unreliable, unsafe or poor quality outcomes
@carlaprvieira #LeadDevSanFrancisco
So @v_hue_g starts by recommending her 4th of July watchathon:
National Treasure
Hamilton
National Treasure 2
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@v_hue_g #LeadDevSanFrancisco
National Treasure
Hamilton
National Treasure 2
đ€
@v_hue_g #LeadDevSanFrancisco
âLearning from incidents allows you to get value out of them.
We can use an incident as a catalyst for helping you understand how you think your org works versus how it actually worksâ
@v_hue_g #LeadDevSanFrancisco
We can use an incident as a catalyst for helping you understand how you think your org works versus how it actually worksâ
@v_hue_g #LeadDevSanFrancisco
The Setup:
- Assign
- Accept
- Identify
The Prep/Analysis:
- Analyse
- Interview
The Group:
- Meet
- Finalise
- Distribute
@v_hue_g #LeadDevSanFrancisco
- Assign
- Accept
- Identify
The Prep/Analysis:
- Analyse
- Interview
The Group:
- Meet
- Finalise
- Distribute
@v_hue_g #LeadDevSanFrancisco
âEffective Engineering Teams:
- Enable (define effectiveness, strategy, metrics, outcomes > outputs)
- Empower (scale team effectiveness w culture)
- Expand (optimise leadership)â
Efficient = doing things right
Effective = doing the right thing
@addyosmani #LeadDevSanFrancisco
- Enable (define effectiveness, strategy, metrics, outcomes > outputs)
- Empower (scale team effectiveness w culture)
- Expand (optimise leadership)â
Efficient = doing things right
Effective = doing the right thing
@addyosmani #LeadDevSanFrancisco
âHaving an Impact Beyond Your Team (without hurting your day job)
- successful action requires a foundation of understanding & influence
- miscommunication is incredibly common
- find who to talk to
- demonstrate kindness & open-minded curiosityâ
@mnewkirk #LeadDevSanFrancisco
- successful action requires a foundation of understanding & influence
- miscommunication is incredibly common
- find who to talk to
- demonstrate kindness & open-minded curiosityâ
@mnewkirk #LeadDevSanFrancisco
âIncreasing safety in first communication:
- make a good first impression: thank them
- be kind & specific in your question
- expect complexity & ambiguity
- be patient
- let yourself change your mindâ
@mnewkirk #LeadDevSanFrancisco
- make a good first impression: thank them
- be kind & specific in your question
- expect complexity & ambiguity
- be patient
- let yourself change your mindâ
@mnewkirk #LeadDevSanFrancisco
âInfluence is helping someone see how your goals and their goals overlap.â
@mnewkirk #LeadDevSanFrancisco
@mnewkirk #LeadDevSanFrancisco
âTrends in Cloud-Native Performance & Efficiencyâ
Starts by explaining cloud-native and what she means by performance & efficiency
@MelanieCebula #LeadDevSanFrancisco
Starts by explaining cloud-native and what she means by performance & efficiency
@MelanieCebula #LeadDevSanFrancisco
âWeâre seeing the golden age of the custom cloud processor
Trends:
- rise of ARM
- cloud processors target efficiency (custom chips optimised for microservices, schedulers, containers; efficiency > performance)
- more CPU choicesâ
@MelanieCebula #LeadDevSanFrancisco
Trends:
- rise of ARM
- cloud processors target efficiency (custom chips optimised for microservices, schedulers, containers; efficiency > performance)
- more CPU choicesâ
@MelanieCebula #LeadDevSanFrancisco
âNavigating Parental Leave as a Senior Engineering Leaderâ
@IcchaSethi tells us at #LeadDevSanFrancisco she has taken parental leave as a Principal Engineer and then 3 years later as a Director of Engineering
@IcchaSethi tells us at #LeadDevSanFrancisco she has taken parental leave as a Principal Engineer and then 3 years later as a Director of Engineering
âTake stock of how you are feeling⊠many folks donât have role models for taking long periods of leave.
Focus on your mental mindset.
Then make a plan!â
@IcchaSethi #LeadDevSanFrancisco
Focus on your mental mindset.
Then make a plan!â
@IcchaSethi #LeadDevSanFrancisco
âBefore the leave:
- figure out who could provide interim cover (1+ people)
- create a delegation checklist (peers & managers pls help!)
- performance reviews (self review & peer feedback, reviews for directs)
- communicate contact preferencesâ
@IcchaSethi #LeadDevSanFrancisco
- figure out who could provide interim cover (1+ people)
- create a delegation checklist (peers & managers pls help!)
- performance reviews (self review & peer feedback, reviews for directs)
- communicate contact preferencesâ
@IcchaSethi #LeadDevSanFrancisco
âNo More Heroes: User experience design for incident response
In startups the superhero model is the default de facto model â everyone wears capes & spandex
As you scale this becomes a problem, as they are humans not heroesâ
@plumertzi #LeadDevSanFrancisco
In startups the superhero model is the default de facto model â everyone wears capes & spandex
As you scale this becomes a problem, as they are humans not heroesâ
@plumertzi #LeadDevSanFrancisco
âCriteria for good incident response:
- observability
- distributed ownership (neighbourhood watch model)
- teamwork
- planning for complexity
- psychological safety
Needs monitoring, training (training wheels build confidence) & documentationâ
@plumertzi #LeadDevSanFrancisco
- observability
- distributed ownership (neighbourhood watch model)
- teamwork
- planning for complexity
- psychological safety
Needs monitoring, training (training wheels build confidence) & documentationâ
@plumertzi #LeadDevSanFrancisco
[As an aside to those listening to @plumertzi at #LeadDevSanFrancisco, I highly recommend checking out @incident_io if you want and need similar things. Itâs a brilliant enabling product for incident management.
Disclosure: Iâm a (v minor!) angel investor in them]
Disclosure: Iâm a (v minor!) angel investor in them]
âPractical additive hiring
Additive qualities eg
- educator background (knew how to learn & ramp up)
- product thinking (drove ambiguous project to clarity & completion)â
Daniel Johnson #LeadDevSanFrancisco
Additive qualities eg
- educator background (knew how to learn & ramp up)
- product thinking (drove ambiguous project to clarity & completion)â
Daniel Johnson #LeadDevSanFrancisco
âImproving tech screens:
1) Focus on details to quickly gauge technical skills
2) This is not a PR review
3) Find examples of success and try to uncover why
4) Their questions matter and are part of the interview
5) Train the interviewersâ
Dan Johnson #LeadDevSanFrancisco
1) Focus on details to quickly gauge technical skills
2) This is not a PR review
3) Find examples of success and try to uncover why
4) Their questions matter and are part of the interview
5) Train the interviewersâ
Dan Johnson #LeadDevSanFrancisco
âDonât lose focus on additive qualities just because of scale of the company!
Startups often better at interviewing for additive qualitiesâ
Dan Johnson #LeadDevSanFrancisco
Startups often better at interviewing for additive qualitiesâ
Dan Johnson #LeadDevSanFrancisco
âThree essential aspects of leadership:
- team management (social cohesion matters)
- execution management (assigning work, providing feedback, keeping a team on schedule, communicating progress)
- people management (career & personal dev)â
Joshua Leners #LeadDevSanFrancisco
- team management (social cohesion matters)
- execution management (assigning work, providing feedback, keeping a team on schedule, communicating progress)
- people management (career & personal dev)â
Joshua Leners #LeadDevSanFrancisco
âSenior ICs may manage to escape people management but you canât escape team and execution managementâ
Joshua Leners #LeadDevSanFrancisco
Joshua Leners #LeadDevSanFrancisco
âThose are the 3Ms, then there are the RRRRRs:
- Risk (put your money where your mouth is)
- Reliability (make it work)
- Reputation (yours, teamâs, orgâs)
- Relationships (favour gifting)
- Reducing complexity (leadership is breath-first)â
Joshua Leners #LeadDevSanFrancisco
- Risk (put your money where your mouth is)
- Reliability (make it work)
- Reputation (yours, teamâs, orgâs)
- Relationships (favour gifting)
- Reducing complexity (leadership is breath-first)â
Joshua Leners #LeadDevSanFrancisco
Next up @spencernorman on Effective Delegation #LeadDevSanFrancisco, starting with a story about a personal failure of his to delegate in the past.
âDelegation is not a silver bullet.
Sometimes it will feel like more work than doing it yourself. But if you do it deliberately, carefully and intentionally it can really help you and your teamâ
@spencernorman #LeadDevSanFrancisco
Sometimes it will feel like more work than doing it yourself. But if you do it deliberately, carefully and intentionally it can really help you and your teamâ
@spencernorman #LeadDevSanFrancisco
âDelegation is lending authority or agency to make decisions.
âDelegatingâ a task without delegating any of the decision making is just micromanagement. Failing to provide context & autonomy is just abdication of responsibility.â
@spencernorman #LeadDevSanFrancisco
âDelegatingâ a task without delegating any of the decision making is just micromanagement. Failing to provide context & autonomy is just abdication of responsibility.â
@spencernorman #LeadDevSanFrancisco
Now we have @cjcenizal speaking about how to scale up your engineering team WITHOUT hiring #LeadDevSanFrancisco
âMeet people where they are â match people to work that plays to their strengths and opportunities to grow that match their interests.â
@cjcenizal #LeadDevSanFrancisco
@cjcenizal #LeadDevSanFrancisco
âWriting is magic.
It lets you speak through time & space directly into their brain. Foster a writing cultureâ
@cjcenizal #LeadDevSanFrancisco
It lets you speak through time & space directly into their brain. Foster a writing cultureâ
@cjcenizal #LeadDevSanFrancisco
Now we have @smrutirp teaching us about how to debug engineering velocity at #LeadDevSanFrancisco
âEngineering velocity is shipping software with:
- precision
- speed
- quality
- impactâ
@smrutirp #LeadDevSanFrancisco
- precision
- speed
- quality
- impactâ
@smrutirp #LeadDevSanFrancisco
âWe create a curated developer experience that allows for the streaming member experience on Netflix. We support 100+ engineers who build netflix.com with 4.5 engineers (EM = half)â
@JemYoung #LeadDevSanFrancisco
@JemYoung #LeadDevSanFrancisco
âWhat is a platform?
A system or set of tools on which applications and services are developed.
A good platform is a base, a consistent foundation, it obscures underlying complexity. Itâs an abstraction.â
@JemYoung #LeadDevSanFrancisco
A system or set of tools on which applications and services are developed.
A good platform is a base, a consistent foundation, it obscures underlying complexity. Itâs an abstraction.â
@JemYoung #LeadDevSanFrancisco
âPlatforms DONâT reduce complexity. They change who needs to deal with the complexity.â
@JemYoung #LeadDevSanFrancisco
@JemYoung #LeadDevSanFrancisco
Next up @allie_p at #LeadDevSanFrancisco talking about workplace fun ⊠acknowledging the bad rep that icebreakers have, and that we have an epidemic of loneliness in the modern world
âThe average person spends 81,936 hours at work. Weâre most likely to make friends at workâ
âThe average person spends 81,936 hours at work. Weâre most likely to make friends at workâ
1) Get to know each other questions (set the tone & example as a leader)
2) Weekly watercooler chats (weekly synchronous informal, scheduled)
3) Person of the week (ânavigator of the weekâ)
4) Geekbot with style (eg personal highlights)
@allie_p #LeadDevSanFrancisco
2) Weekly watercooler chats (weekly synchronous informal, scheduled)
3) Person of the week (ânavigator of the weekâ)
4) Geekbot with style (eg personal highlights)
@allie_p #LeadDevSanFrancisco
5) Get silly (eg send out a fun accessory)
6) Slack shares (eg funny/interesting articles, weekends)
@allie_p #LeadDevSanFrancisco
6) Slack shares (eg funny/interesting articles, weekends)
@allie_p #LeadDevSanFrancisco
First up, @lrnrd teaching us about strategic leadership:
1) have a strategy,
2) execute it,
3) profit!
#LeadDevSanFrancisco
1) have a strategy,
2) execute it,
3) profit!
#LeadDevSanFrancisco
âStrategic leadership is not spending all your time in meetings, emails, Slack.
Strategic leadership is leading daily from an idea of the future.
Having a big picture of what you are trying to get to and taking daily actions to get you there.â
@lrnrd #LeadDevSanFrancisco
Strategic leadership is leading daily from an idea of the future.
Having a big picture of what you are trying to get to and taking daily actions to get you there.â
@lrnrd #LeadDevSanFrancisco
âYou can be a strategic leader at any level, adapted to your sphere of influenceâ
@lrnrd #LeadDevSanFrancisco
@lrnrd #LeadDevSanFrancisco
