It’s not always easy for people to ascertain how they feel (if they have trauma, if they are neurodivergent, etc). It’s important to keep in mind when having conversations about stress and mental health. #sydtechleaders

Reminder that we are still looking for Lightning talk speakers for our Nov. 6 meetup. Great for first timers, and we’ll even give you some mentoring if you like! #sydtechleaders

Our first speaker is Saliya Kutungu-Moran talking about leading with kindness and creating space for mental health conversations. She’s an RUOK ambassador with lots of experience in tech, and we’re so glad she’s here. #sydtechleaders

Tonight’s talks are obviously going to be a bit more personal than usual, so social media posting will be restricted to high level topics. ❤️ #sydtechleaders

When using augmentation coding tools: Begin in a TDD/ATDD fashion and write your tests first. START with business value tests & work downwards Challenge any changes to a test. Keep encouraging test coverage reviews Refactor your tests! Tests are a safety net and will keep any tools on track

Just spotted in the @yowconf.bsky.social newsletter that this year Diversity Scholarships are available, thanks to @lizthegrey.com and the fine folks at @honeycomb.io! 👏 ❤️ You can apply here: yowcon.com/melbourne-20... (cc @damianm.com )

“Hope is not a strategy” @dbafromthecold.com (in the context of delivering tech) @shipitcon.bsky.social

Such a lovely meetup! Highly encourage people to attend the next one anarchy…https://virtualddd.com/sessions/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-anarchy-but-were-afraid-to-ask-andrew-harmel-law/

By the way, we hit a milestone at #sydtechleaders tonight - an actual queue at the women’s restroom! It’s exciting to see such a diverse group in the room, and it’s a credit to the organising team! 🏆💪🚽

It’s time for the world famous #sydtechleaders Q&A panel! Sugendran is very excited about throwing the Atlassian microphone cube at people…

A couple suggestions from Ben: bring the work to where the people are; simplify to reduce cognitive load (don’t bury the lede!); consider adding some friction to slow things down, manage the timing of your nudges and prompts, and AUTOMATE! #sydtechleaders

It’s very tempting to think of leadership as taking ACTION, as always having the right answer. But that can put a lot of pressure on you… #sydtechleaders

It’s a hard lesson, but sometimes the best thing a leader can do is stay silent. Just be careful restraint doesn’t become avoidance. #sydtechleaders

And Dave Bolton is back!! #SydTechLeaders

Ooh - I like this one too #sydtechleaders Ben Meneses Sosa

This is such a good principle- bring the work to where the people are Ben Mendosa Sosa

Next up is Ben Meneses-Sosa talking about how willpower isn’t enough, leaders need to design their team’s success. #sydtechleaders

We are kicking off tonight’s meetup on the invisible work of leadership! Thanks so much to Atlassian for hosting. #sydtechleaders

Your dedicated social media team hard at work! Big crowd tonight… #sydtechleaders

Our first speaker is @jadeedward.bsky.social talking about glue work. Every team has someone that fills this role, but it’s often not recognised or rewarded. #sydtechleaders

Who should be doing glue work? And who actually IS doing glue work? It falls disproportionately to juniors and especially to women. #sydtechleaders

Glue work needs to be recognised as valuable, shared appropriately among the team, and used as opportunity for growth and improvement. #sydtechleaders

At @sydtechleaders.bsky.social tonight for the first time in a while, great turnout! Also if you want to come to the next ones then here’s the schedule

We’ve slowed down - maybe cos we all want to take selfies 😹 #marchforhumanity

As I walk across the harbour bridge today on the #marchforhumanity I can’t help but think about the countries where marching is a life endangering experience- let’s not take our rights for granted

#marchforhumanity some very determined people!

#marchforhumanity huge cheer goes up - no idea why- some people carrying olive branches

Sums up many people’s sentiments #marchforhumanity

We’re about to march . I’m asking those around me why they’re marching #we are all the same and humanity cited

#marchforhumanity Sydney heaving with people joining the March today , no one cares about the rain in fact people cheering 📣 #palestine

I’m here in the rain and it’s mega - way bigger than I had expected

The conclusion I’m coming to, is that what matters is how you build your empire, not what your empire ends up as. I say this as a beginner in intentional empire building. Most times I run away from this crap. But not today. Today I fight for my way.

If you are in leadership, like it or not your in involved in the business of empire building. The question to ask yourself is whose empire are you building? And if it was your empire, what would you want it to look like?

Enterprise is empire building. Not all empires look alike though. The ones that intrigue me are those that don’t follow org structures. Can you spot them?

Thinking of starting a blog called “quiet part out loud”

I believe I have cognitive dissonance over the fact that people have cognitive dissonance over the fact that AI won’t take engineering jobs

In our latest @agiletfellow.bsky.social video chat, @janetgregoryca.bsky.social and I had a wonderful conversation with @annemariecharrett.com. We talk about her awesome new book, _The Quality Coach's Handbook_. Lots packed into ~15ish minutes! www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIQy...

And now the panel @sydtechleaders.bsky.social @joanwestenberg.com @gdayitsjack.bsky.social and Kate Andrew

And now @gdayitsjack.bsky.social talking about a train crash🚂 @sydtechleaders.bsky.social

Next up @joanwestenberg.com - “tech leaders love complexity“ @sydtechleaders.bsky.social

@kateandrews.bsky.social kicking off tonight’s topic on complexity @sydtechleaders.bsky.social

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Turns out moving at the speed of trust works at many levels. How would "Change" work if there were trust? How fast would we be able to deliver? What is needed to trust? And of course, what would quality look like through a lens of trust? How might we move the needle in that direction?

I used to coach and mentor people a lot. I wanted to share what I had learned about working in tech, and it felt important to pass on the mentoring because I had benefited from others. So I coached and mentored for free for ages. And I loved it. Until one day, I didn't.

I wanted to see if I could write library-quality code with a genie. tl;dr yes & it took a while. tidyfirst.substack.com/p/augmented-...

I wrote this on LinkedIn, but it's more of a bluesky vibe. Or maybe I'm old and cranky. We use the consistency heuristic to help us identify problems in our software. As in " this feature works inconsistently with this other feature and therefore is a problem"

What a wonderful conversation on testing debt: - Skill gaps as a cause of debt build up. - Challenges with legacy automation - The dilemma of maintaining vs. starting fresh - Visualising testing debt and more... https://www.ministryoftesting.com/memories/tech-and-testing-debt

It's almost the end of the financial year in Australia. Have you figured out how much 'low trust' tax you paid at work this year?

Next @sydtechleaders.bsky.social is shaping up nicely. The topic of the night is dealing with complexity. Kate Andrews CTO of CipherStash and @joanwestenberg.com are both speaking. Watch this space for the third speaker 👀