Tech Career Talk

In this episode of Tech Career Talk, we talk about ways to build a great tech team. First, you want to make sure you have a good culture fit. It is important to hold out for the right person to add to your team or organization. To keep things going we need to Seed, Feed, and Weed. Seed, find new team members. Feed, develop those you have. Weed, coach out those who don't fit.

https://myitcareercoach.com/building-a-great-tech-team/

In this episode, we review the 7 Hallmarks of Great Developers.

1. Humble

2. Clarity

3. Basics

4. Curious

5. Communicator

6. Feedback

7. Discipline

Based on this post: https://myitcareercoach.com/7-hallmarks-of-great-developers/

In this episode, we discuss Eric Ries book The Lean Startup. There are many principles in this book that apply to technology professionals and that we should know. From MVP(Minimum Viable Product) to Validated Learning these are ideas we should have an understanding of.

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In this episode, we discuss Neal Ford’s idea of building a Technology Radar. This idea will help you decide what technologies you want to hold on, assess, try out, and adopt. This is a link to Neal's blog: http://nealford.com/memeagora/2013/05/28/build_your_own_technology_radar.html

In this episode of Tech Career Talk, we discuss the insights Jim Collins shares in his book Great By Choice. He profiles two teams that set to reach the South Pole in 1911. The two teams had different approaches and yielded different results.

In this episode, we discuss how we can create a Technical Workers Development Plan. We start with an assessment of where we are, then establish goals that are technical and soft skill focused too. We look for our options for training and then take action. The final part is to build in a re-assessment periodically to make sure you are on track.