The Art of Architectural Leadership with Tina Wright
Sun Sep 21 2025
Tina Wright is an Area Tech Lead at Grammarly, and has worked as a software engineer at Coursera, TRI, and Google.
In this episode we discuss:
What is an area tech lead?
Technical leadership as a generalist, rather than a specialist
How to get the best from your team through a service leadership style
The advice she would give her younger self
Resources mentioned:
Staff Engineer: Leadership Beyond the Management Track by Will Larson https://staffeng.com/book
The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work by Shawn Achor https://www.shawnachor.com/books/happiness-advantage/
In Praise of Idleness by Bertrand Russell https://www.amazon.com/Praise-Idleness-Routledge-Classics-46/dp/0415325064
The QCon 2024 "The Path to Staff+ and Beyond" track Tina mentioned has passed, but you can purchase a Video Pass on the conference website to view the recordings. https://qconsf.com/track/nov2024/path-staff-and-beyond
Where to find Tina Wright:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christinaewright/
Brought to you by WEST: https://www.joinwest.org
Where to find Heidi Williams:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/heidiwilliams1
Where to find Karen Ko:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karenko26
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Tina Wright is an Area Tech Lead at Grammarly, and has worked as a software engineer at Coursera, TRI, and Google. In this episode we discuss: What is an area tech lead? Technical leadership as a generalist, rather than a specialist How to get the best from your team through a service leadership style The advice she would give her younger self Resources mentioned: Staff Engineer: Leadership Beyond the Management Track by Will Larson https://staffeng.com/book The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work by Shawn Achor https://www.shawnachor.com/books/happiness-advantage/ In Praise of Idleness by Bertrand Russell https://www.amazon.com/Praise-Idleness-Routledge-Classics-46/dp/0415325064 The QCon 2024 "The Path to Staff+ and Beyond" track Tina mentioned has passed, but you can purchase a Video Pass on the conference website to view the recordings. https://qconsf.com/track/nov2024/path-staff-and-beyond Where to find Tina Wright: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christinaewright/ Brought to you by WEST: https://www.joinwest.org Where to find Heidi Williams: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/heidiwilliams1 Where to find Karen Ko: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karenko26