EPISODE · Mar 12, 2019 · 41 MIN
#43 Patrick Kua on being a consultant, a tech lead, a CTO and helping people grow
from Software Developers Journey · host Timothée Bourguignon, Pat Kua
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
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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, organisatio...
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#43 Patrick Kua on being a consultant, a tech lead, a CTO and helping people grow
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