Andy Skipper

Andy Skipper

United Kingdom
CTO and Coach, beardy know-it-all and daddy, he/him. Also curates CTO Craft Con and helps level up CTOs at CTO Craft
May
06

🤹 Conference Special! The best sessions from past CTO Craft Cons: TMW #378

It's Conference Week! Here are some of the best sessions from past events
7 min read
Apr
29

🐋 Cognitive Load, Power vs Authority, Technical Coherence, Cycle Times, Post-Mortems, Coaching for CTOs, Neurodivergence: TMW #377

More Mixer events are on the horizon, get all the details here!
9 min read
Apr
22

🍤 Prioritisation vs Strategy, Business Language, Culture as a Product, Incident Management, DevSecOps, Workplace Mental Health: TMW #376

Last chance to pick up conference tickets! And much more
9 min read
Apr
15

👁 Thinking Slow, Progress Updates, Onboarding, Lava Lamp Security, On-call Without Burnout: TMW #375

📈Thanks to Uplevel for sponsoring this issue of Tech Manager Weekly - increase product velocity and quality, without sacrificing team
7 min read
Apr
08

🦣 Great Software Teams, Frontline vs Sideline Leadership, Who's Hiring?, Firefighting, Evil Staging, xz Attack: TMW #374

Free mentoring sessions and roundtables, London Mixer event
9 min read
Apr
01

🥝 Creative Developers, Ownership, Evaluating Leaders, Unhealthy Environments, Software End of Life, Macro Architectures: TMW #373

What's the best April Fool prank you've seen?
8 min read
Mar
25

🧰 Project Failure, Leadership Risk, Planning, Scaling Teams, Speed Traps, Monte Carlo, Lessons from Burnout: TMW #372

Learn how Campus helps you assess your leadership skills and confidence
9 min read
Mar
18

🌡 Strategy & AI, Taking Risks, Conflict, On-Call, Greener Software, SLAs, Micro-Aggressions: TMW #371

Early Bird tickets end this week! Get in quick...
8 min read
Mar
11

🪗 Entropy, Assertive Leadership, Luck, Conway's Law, Victim Mentality, Time Tracking, Scary Change, Listening: TMW #370

🧠Thanks to Unblocked for sponsoring this issue of Tech Manager Weekly - helpful and accurate answers to your development team&
8 min read
Mar
04

🦧 WFH vs Teamwork, Ambiguity, Managing Managers, Behavioural Interviews, Leap-Year Bugs, Change Freezes, Workplace Stress: TMW #369

🎳Thanks to Unblocked for sponsoring this issue of Tech Manager Weekly - the best way to talk to your codebase,
8 min read