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Patrick Kua - Founder of the Tech Lead Academy @thekua
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ABSTRACT
Do you want to have more impact in your work?
Do you want to grow in your career?
Do you want to know what "good" technical leadership looks like?
Then come along to this talk where Pat Kua, who has been growing technical leaders for more than a decade, will share some practical advice on what it means to be a good technical leader, where to get started and how you can level up. [...]
TIMECODES
00:00 Intro
01:23 Agenda
01:44 Exploring technical leadership
25:15 Reasons for you
32:12 How to get started
40:11 Outro
Download slides and read the full abstract here:
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RECOMMENDED BOOKS
Patrick Kua • Talking with Tech Leads • amzn.to/3ECO3xB
Patrick Kua • The Retrospective Handbook • amzn.to/4jpxxQN
Neal Ford, Rebecca Parsons & Patrick Kua • Building Evolutionary Architectures • amzn.to/42qXJV2
Roger Fisher, William L. Ury & Bruce Patton • Getting to Yes • amzn.to/4iWdh8e
Jon Gordon • The Power of Positive Leadership • amzn.to/3RTQLC0
Jean Greaves, Travis Bradberry & Patrick M. Lencioni • Emotional Intelligence 2.0 • amzn.to/3RWeSQy
Michael Bungay Stanier • The Coaching Habit • amzn.to/3RQNzah
Douglas Stone & Sheila Heen • Thanks for the Feedback • amzn.to/3GJwCfD
Grenny, Patterson, McMillan, Switzler & Gregory • Crucial Conversations • amzn.to/44ZKjAZ
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Patrick Kua - Founder of the Tech Lead Academy @thekua
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ABSTRACT
Do you want to have more impact in your work?
Do you want to grow in your career?
Do you want to know what "good" technical leadership looks like?
Then come along to this talk where Pat Kua, who has been growing technical leaders for more than a decade, will share some practical advice on what it means to be a good technical leader, where to get started and how you can level up. [...]
TIMECODES
00:00 Intro
01:23 Agenda
01:44 Exploring technical leadership
25:15 Reasons for you
32:12 How to get started
40:11 Outro
Download slides and read the full abstract here:
gotocph.com/2025/sessions/3638
RECOMMENDED BOOKS
Patrick Kua • Talking with Tech Leads • amzn.to/3ECO3xB
Patrick Kua • The Retrospective Handbook • amzn.to/4jpxxQN
Neal Ford, Rebecca Parsons & Patrick Kua • Building Evolutionary Architectures • amzn.to/42qXJV2
Roger Fisher, William L. Ury & Bruce Patton • Getting to Yes • amzn.to/4iWdh8e
Jon Gordon • The Power of Positive Leadership • amzn.to/3RTQLC0
Jean Greaves, Travis Bradberry & Patrick M. Lencioni • Emotional Intelligence 2.0 • amzn.to/3RWeSQy
Michael Bungay Stanier • The Coaching Habit • amzn.to/3RQNzah
Douglas Stone & Sheila Heen • Thanks for the Feedback • amzn.to/3GJwCfD
Grenny, Patterson, McMillan, Switzler & Gregory • Crucial Conversations • amzn.to/44ZKjAZ
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![[404] – Developer Not Found: The Continuing Developer Evolution • Derek Bingham • YOW! 2025](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jpsDPUUJiYM/mqdefault.jpg "[404] – Developer Not Found: The Continuing Developer Evolution • Derek Bingham • YOW! 2025
This presentation was recorded at YOW! Australia 2025. #GOTOcon #YOW
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Derek Bingham - Senior Developer Advocate at AWS @DerekBingham
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ABSTRACT
The developer landscape is undergoing a profound transformation. What began with coding assistants has rapidly evolved into AI agents and autonomous systems that are reshaping how we build software. However, this evolution isnt slowing down—its accelerating.
In this forward-looking session, well examine the current state of the developer ecosystem and how AI is fundamentally changing what it means to be a developer. With the use of real practical demos and examples we will explore :
• The trajectory from coding assistants to AI agents.
• How modern developer workflows are being reimagined
• The shifting balance between human creativity and machine capabilities
• Critical skills developers need to thrive in this new paradigm
• Practical strategies for navigating this rapidly evolving landscape
Whether youre concerned about keeping pace with change or excited about the possibilities ahead, this session is for you. [...]
TIMECODES
00:00 Intro
05:50 [404] – Developer not found
06:20 Evolution: The evolution of developers tools
10:06 State: What is an agent?
11:42 Prompt engineering
12:35 Context engineering
14:17 Context management 101
17:59 Fears: The false fears
22:28 Spec-driven development
27:13 Opportunities
30:52 Challenges
33:19 Future
37:40 Outro
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https://yowcon.com/brisbane-2025/sessions/3836
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Phil Winder • Reinforcement Learning • https://amzn.to/3t1S1VZ
Jay Wengrow • A Common-Sense Guide to AI Engineering • https://pragprog.com/titles/jwpaieng
Kurt Dowswell • Programming with GitHub Copilot • https://amzn.to/3TM2HaL
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