"I think you should take a leadership course." -- my co-worker Peter, head of customer service at a cheat-on-your- partner dating web site Confessions of a Not-So-Accidental Leader
Many folks would have you believe that tech leaders are: • young • aggressively overconfident • always working long hours Confessions of a Not-So-Accidental Leader
1. Identify a pain point you are having and find fellow sufferers 2. Come up with solutions and invite others to join you Confessions of a Not-So-Accidental Leader
1. Identify a pain point you are having and find fellow sufferers 2. Come up with solutions and invite others to join you 3. Execute a plan to implement that solution Confessions of a Not-So-Accidental Leader
"Hey, I need to build something to collect talks for TrueNorthPHP because what we used the first time wasn't doing it for me" Confessions of a Not-So-Accidental Leader
"I'll open-source this so we can other people to help build it out because it's more than enough work for one person..." Confessions of a Not-So-Accidental Leader