Introducing The Tech Leader Docs
Pragmatic, pocketable skills and strategies for software engineering leaders.
You’ve discovered The Tech Leader Docs: A short, no-time-wasted bi-weekly newsletter that will give you immediately applicable skills and strategies you can take to work that day.
Here are a few things past colleagues have said about my work in software engineering leadership:
"...the level of organization and process we had was amazing and I personally want to duplicate as much of it as possible!"
"...remember how excited I was in my interview with you Victoria about how well-organized [your previous company] was and how well-thought-out your processes were? I dare say 99.99% of startups, and many larger companies aren't very organized and it becomes a pain point as they grow. Between the docs and the other processes you had in place, I think you could write a really good book that would be a 'Blueprint' for forming a technical team."
"@Victoria Drake you publish a book and I will buy at least a dozen copies to hand out."
Instead of waiting to collect all this information in book form, the first post goes out the first week of January. Here's a preview of some of the skills you’ll learn in future editions:
How to set up remote and asynchronous work to be super-efficient
How to remove the right restrictions to make your processes more productive
Setting up safeguards to ensure progress doesn't slow down when you take time off
Hiring for the culture you want
Creating the number one secret weapon that makes everyone on your team more productive
These insights are for senior engineers and engineering managers, as well as anyone who wants to start establishing yourself as a leader on your team right away.
You can subscribe monthly, or lock in a discounted annual subscription.
My website Victoria.dev isn’t going anywhere, I've just decided to put more effort into this new resource. The paid newsletter format strikes a good balance between the immediate delivery of information, skin-in-the-game for you to implement these ideas, and motivation for me to keep sharing how I acquired the skills and knowledge that live in my head, just as I’ve done for years on my blog.
I've held all kinds of roles on engineering teams, from contract developer to Director of Engineering. Over the years I've heard from past colleagues and peers about confusing processes, time-wasting meetings, and poor leadership in companies of all sizes. With The Tech Leader Docs, I hope to help those in positions to create positive change in their organization (including you!) to turn that feedback around.
Subscribe today and start learning the practical skills it takes to build a successful engineering team: smarter strategies, less toil, and happier and more productive developers.