Patrick Kua is a seasoned technology leader with 20+ years of experience. His current mission is accelerating the growth of technical leaders through coaching, mentoring and training. He has had many years of hands-on experience, leading, managing and improving complex organisations and software systems as the CTO and Chief Scientist of N26 (Berlin, Germany) and as a Technical Principal Consultant at ThoughtWorks. He is a frequent keynote and conference speaker, author of three books including The Retrospective Handbook, Talking with Tech Leads and Building Evolutionary Architectures and runs the free popular newsletter for leaders in tech, “Level Up” (http://levelup.patkua.com) and the Tech Lead Academy, offering online training for technical leaders. You can find him online on twitter as @patkua or running his very popular “Shortcut to Tech Leadership” workshop.
The transition from a high-performing Individual Contributor to an effective Engineering Manager is hard enough in the best of times, but today, engineering leaders and managers face even greater hurdles in a changing company and technology landscape. In this talk, I will cover some of the trends and challenges engineering leaders and managers face in 2025 and offer advice on how to approach them....
This Technical Leadership workshop is a course for Technical Leaders from an experienced Technical Leader. This course focuses on technical leadership skills through discussion, theory and practical exercises opposed to general leadership skills for Technical Leaders. We explore the unique combination of skills and experiences that make a “Technical Leader” successful.Who’s it for?A combination ...