The Engineering Leader
The Engineering Leader is an unscripted exploration of how to build great software Engineering Teams and drive effective Digital Transformation. Hosted by Steve Westgarth; a passionate global engineering leader with an ambition to transform consumer healthcare on a multinational scale.
Each week Steve speaks with people working at the top of their game within the software engineering community. This includes Engineers, Engineering Managers, SDETS, Product Owners, Engineering Directors and people working within other roles who are passionate about building great software and driving effective digital transformation.
This is a podcast with a difference because because it contains insights from people working in some of the worlds most ambitious companies - people who understand how to develop software at scale and recognise that as a community we can be more successful if we learn from each other in order to drive our own success.
The Engineering Leader
5 Ways to Drive Engineering Core Competencies
Salaries of engineers are growing exponentially, it is therefore critical for organisations to ensure that the engineers working with us have the skills that we really need.
In this episode I explore my top 5 tips for how you can drive engineers skills within your organisation:
Number 1: Create a Skills Matrix
Number 2: Limit the number of programming languages that the organisation makes use of.
Number 3: Define clear patterns principles principles and standards that form building blocks which can be re-used within multiple applications.
Number 4: Think Enterprise Wide and don’t focus on individual silos.
Number 5: Make sure your engineers have the right technical leadership who can show engineers what good looks like.
