TechLead Conference 2024
as the organisers put it
Join us at the TechLead Conference and take your professional development to the next level! Gain valuable insights on best practices, skills improvement, and innovative technology. Network with like-minded professionals, learn from top leaders, and be inspired by our keynote speakers. Get mentored by experienced team leads and explore diversity and inclusion, talent management, and career growth. Enhance your leadership and teamwork skills and build valuable relationships in the tech industry. Register now!
who it's for
tech leads, engineering managers, senior engineers, first-time tech leaders, people managers, hiring managers, developer productivity engineers
topics
SMART goals and career matrix; brag bank evidence and NNQ; LLM limitations for development; AI-assisted developer workflows; engineering interview technique; vertical teams and contract APIs; short pull request practices; cognitive load in dev environments; RFCs for high-performance teams; maintainability and loving maintainers
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| How to Turn Engineering Work into a Promotion | Anna J McDougall | 20m |
Promises a concrete toolkit: form a concrete plan with manager using SMART goals and a career matrix, keep a persistent brag bank of evidence (LinkedIn refs… | ||
| AI vs Your Career - Career Growth During This Weird Techscession | Swizec Teller, Braydon Coyer, Lindsey Simon | |
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| Managing Ourselves Managing Each Other | Rachel Nabors | link |
“Hell is other people.” There are many talks on how to get started as an engineer and how to step into management, but there are few talks about how to be an… | ||
| Adapting to the Future of Work in Tech | Bassem Dghaidi | 22m |
Claim: LLMs cannot be made factual and today they automate only a fraction of development work. Evidence: GitHub built a developer-driven AI-assisted workflow… | ||
| Anna J McDougall's Room | Anna J McDougall | |
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| Not Your Everyday Tech Lead: What Does It Mean To Be TL in a Lean Software Company? | James Haworth Wheatman | link |
The experience of being a Tech Lead can change from organisation to organisation, from being an ivory tower architect to getting stuck in the weeds with… | ||
| Rachel Nabors' Room | Rachel Nabors | |
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| Tiny Things That Throw You Into Chaos: Engineering Leader’s Way Out of Daily Havoc | Anton Kazakov | link |
Probably the most noticeable change engineers experience when they become leaders is the increase of day-to-day chaos. The moment you become responsible for… | ||
| James Haworth Wheatman's Room | James Haworth Wheatman | |
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| Tech Leadership Is More About People Than Tech | Anemari Fiser | link |
The role of a Tech Lead is more about leading than tech. Tech is a part of it, but people are the rest. In my talk, "Tech Leadership is more about people than… | ||
| Bassem Dghaidi's Room | Bassem Dghaidi | |
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| Maintaining Professional Growth | Michał Michalczuk, Lindsey Simon | |
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| Refactoring Mindsets: Prioritizing Mental Health in Software Development | Vanessa Raath | link |
Vanessa’s presentation, Refactoring Mindsets: Prioritizing Mental Health in Software Development, will delve into the signs and symptoms commonly experienced… | ||
| Anton Kazakov's Room | Anton Kazakov | |
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| Anemari Fiser's Room | Anemari Fiser | |
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| The Art of Interviewing People or How to Identify Senior Talent | Krasimir Tsonev | link |
This session explores the art of interviewing beyond traditional assessments, focusing on cultivating soft skills, mentorship, and recognizing senior talent… | ||
| Mindset: You vs Your AI | Richard Donovan | link |
We all have our very own wellbeing processor. It influences how you feel and act. It leads to every outcome you’ve ever had or will have… For most of us, our… | ||
| Bridging the Gap Between Tech & Business | Rita Castro, Bassem Dghaidi, Lirone Glikman, Anemari Fiser | |
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| Krasimir Tsonev's Room | Krasimir Tsonev | |
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| Maximizing Your Potential in Tech Interviews: The Three Cs to Success | James Q Quick | link |
The economy is terrible, layoffs are everywhere, and interviewing is hard. Job searching is exhausting and stressful, so how do you overcome all of that? All… | ||
| Conducting Interviews and Interviewing in the Age of AI Tools | Lindsey Simon | link |
This talk explores interviewing in the age of AI, discussing the history of interviewing for software engineering and the skills needed for future interviews… | ||
| Richard Donovan's Room | Richard Donovan | |
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| From Business Buzzwords to Meaningful Change: Measuring and Improving Engineering Productivity | Lena Reinhard | link |
After years of rapid growth, the winds have changed in many tech companies, with strategy changes, budget cuts, restructurings, and layoffs. Productivity and… | ||
| From Senior Developer to Manager and Back: The Journey of Returning to Coding | Michał Michalczuk | link |
You're working as a developer, and one day - BAM, you're offered the chance to lead a team, to step into a managerial or leadership position. What now? If I… | ||
| Lena Reinhard's Room | Lena Reinhard | |
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| Scaling Fast – Engineering Lessons From ~15 Years of Tech Startups | Swizec Teller | 19m |
Claims that mattered are concrete and actionable not lofty. Growth forces scaling of business team and tech with the hard numbers of customer acquisition… | ||
| Lindsey Simon's Room | Lindsey Simon | |
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| Love Your Maintainers | Paolo Insogna | link |
No developer is an island and no developer is perfect. This means that you cannot create anything without using components written by someone else and these… | ||
| Michał Michalczuk's Room | Michał Michalczuk | |
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| Paolo Insogna's Room | Paolo Insogna | |
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| Cognitive Load and Your Development Environment | Abbey Perini | link |
There's lots of information out there about reducing cognitive load for users, but what about developers? This talk will cover Cognitive Load Theory, how some… | ||
| Content Creation for Developers | Adrian Hajdin | link |
Learn how to create and share professional web development content to expand your reach, advance your careers and establish expert status. This talk will tech… | ||
| Abbey Perini's Room | Abbey Perini | |
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| Leading With Passion & Balance | Naz Delam | link |
In this talk, the speaker discusses the importance of effective leadership and maintaining well-being. They present a prioritization framework for task… | ||
| Naz Delam's Room | Naz Delam | |
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| How Do You Stay Positive at Work? | Rita Castro, Anton Kazakov, Vanessa Raath, Johnny Fekete | |
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| Ways to Grow: Manager or Tech | Rita Castro, Naz Delam, Krasimir Tsonev, Swizec Teller, Anton Kazakov, Lean Vilas, Michał Michalczuk, James Haworth Wheatman, Mateus Paulino, Anemari Fiser | |
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| Dev Tools and Productivity | Rita Castro, Adrian Hajdin, Johnny Fekete, Mateus Paulino, Abbey Perini | |
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| From Engineer to Leader: A Workshop for First-Time Tech Leaders | Andrew Murphy | link |
This workshop explores leadership and communication skills in the software development industry. It covers the difference between leadership and management… | ||
| Managers Are From Mars, Devs Are From Venus | Mo Khazali | link |
The workshop titled Managers are from Mars, Devs are from Venus focuses on the importance of effective communication and collaboration between developers and… | ||
| Out of the Frying Pan, Into the Fire: A Manager's Guide to Helping New Developers Thrive | Andrew Coleburn | link |
This talk, titled 'Out of the Frying Pan and Into the Fire: A Manager's Guide to Helping New Developers Thrive,' covers real-life stories and concrete tactics… | ||
| The Art of Influence: Empowering Developers' Team Collaboration | Lirone Glikman | link |
You are all influencers already in your teams and in your companies. If we learn how to master this skill, you can really achieve what you want. Collaboration… | ||
| Listen Better, Lead Better | Lean Vilas | link |
Active listening is a powerful tool that can improve relationships and foster growth. The BREW framework provides guidance for effective communication… | ||
| The Power of a Second Brain in a Developer's Workflow | Braydon Coyer | link |
The concept of a second brain, a curated list of digital notes, helps enhance memory retention. Building and maintaining a second brain as a developer is… | ||
| The Entanglement of Concerns between People and Software Development | Rita Castro | link |
The talk explores the entanglement of concerns between people and the software they develop, emphasizing the importance of considering people and teams instead… | ||
| From Chaos to Clarity: Leveraging RFCs in High-Performance Environments | Mateus Paulino | link |
Mateus Palino from Quintana Roo presents From Chaos to Clarity, Leveraging RFCs in High-Performance Environments. Quintana Roo aims to improve delivery quality… | ||
| Rebooting Joy: Harnessing Playfulness and Hobbies to Redefine Work in the Tech World | Johnny Fekete | link |
Reignite your passion for tech by incorporating playfulness and hobbies into your daily grind. Organize mini hackathons, engage in pair programming, and… | ||
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