# Technical Leadership: Beyond Problem Solving

***From the archive:*** *As season 1 of the Dev Interrupted podcast comes to a close, we are featuring our favorite episodes from the beginning of season 1. Look out for season 2, which will premiere this November. Enjoy!*

The skills you use as a software engineer and the skills you need as a technical team leader are not the same. 

This week on Dev Interrupted Pat Kua, a former CTO turned engineering-leadership-coach, speaker and author, walks us through techniques to overcome the unique challenges that engineers face when taking on a leadership role.

%[https://open.spotify.com/episode/2mWD7WZ0DtLmYeWNCTpjfV?si=vLI6FGNzS4Km_mdwdQhnzg]

# Episode Highlights include:
* How to identify team multipliers
* How to know if you’re doing a good job
* The different skills you need to be a great technical leader
* Tactics for staying focused on your goals and saying no to meeting requests

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