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
27

๐Ÿฆ‰ Tech Strategy, the Bus Factor, Disappointment, Behavioural Interviews, Judging Risk, Ghost Bus, Making Mistakes: TMW #382

We want to hear about your engineering strategy! Drop us a line
8 min read
May
20

๐Ÿ€ Engineering Strategy, Performance Reviews, Maker vs Manager, Onboarding, Scheduling, OverflowAI, CTO Coaching: TMW #381

Plus details of our Berlin conference and Roundtables event in the autumn
8 min read
May
13

๐Ÿฅฆ High Performers, Ego in Leadership, Gut Feeling, Squads, Late Projects, Slack, Focus, Ikigai: TMW #380

CTO Craft Con roundup, new events, and all the reading material you need this week
8 min read
May
09

๐Ÿ“ข TMW Special Edition: Announcing the 2024 Compensation Survey Report: TMW #379

Hello from CTO Craft Con For the 2nd year in a row, CTO Craft in partnership with Executive search firm
1 min read
May
06

๐Ÿคน 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

๐Ÿ‹ 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

๐Ÿค 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

๐Ÿ‘ Thinking Slow, Progress Updates, Onboarding, Lava Lamp Security, On-call Without Burnout: TMW #375

๐Ÿ“ˆThanks toย Uplevelย for sponsoring this issue of Tech Manager Weekly - increase product velocity and quality, without sacrificing team
7 min read
Apr
08

๐Ÿฆฃ 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

๐Ÿฅ 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