The Engineering Leader

5 Ways to Drive Engineering Core Competencies

July 07, 2022 Steve Westgarth Season 1 Episode 32
The Engineering Leader
5 Ways to Drive Engineering Core Competencies
Show Notes

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.