#43 Patrick Kua on being a consultant, a tech lead, a CTO and helping people grow

12/03/2019 41 min Temporada 2 Episodio 6
#43 Patrick Kua on being a consultant, a tech lead, a CTO and helping people grow

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Patrick is the CTO of the mobile bank N26, where he is building the engineering group that will change modern retail banking for people like you and me. Formerly a Principal Technical Consultant at ThoughtWorks in London, he is also the author of three books, The Retrospective Handbook, Talking with Tech Leads and most recently, Building Evolutionary Architectures. Patrick is a frequent conference speaker, a blogger and is passionate about bringing a balanced focus between people, organisations and technology.During this interview, we touched on the different roles Patrick's overtook during his career. Pat devised on how his time as a consultant prepared him for his current role as a CTO. We discussed the definition of a Technical Lead and compared it to the CTO Role(s). We finally discussed Pat's personal learning strategies.Here are the links of the show:@patkua https://twitter.com/patkuaBlog https://www.thekua.com/atworkTech Lead Course - http://thekua.io/techlead-courseTalking with Tech Leads book - https://thekua.io/twtlN26 Bank https://n26.comN26 are hiring - https://grnh.se/f64c07431ThoughtWorks https://www.thoughtworks.comThe Retrospective Handbook https://leanpub.com/the-retrospective-handbookeXtreme Tuesday Club London https://www.meetup.com/eXtreme-Tuesday-Club-XTCDan North https://dannorth.netAlistair Cockburn https://alistair.cockburn.usCreditsMusic Aye by Yung Kartz is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.Your hostSoftware Developer‘s Journey is hosted and produced by Timothée (Tim) Bourguignon, a crazy frenchman living in Germany who dedicated his life to helping others learn & grow. More about him at timbourguignon.fr.Want to be next?Do you know anyone who should be on the podcast? Do you want to be next? Drop me a line: [email protected] or via Twitter @timothep.Gift the podcast a ratingPlease do me and your fellow listeners a favor by spreading the good word about this podcast. And please leave a rating (excellent of course) on the major podcasting platforms, this is the best way to increase the visibility of the podcast:Apple PodcastsStitcherGoogle PlayThanks!Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched!Start for FREEDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show