Sharing my experience as a lead

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  • what to expect ?

  • what is expected from you ?

  • humbling position

  • details oriented

  • self awareness and your surroundings

  • everyone needs you

  • keep priority tab to work only on meaningful task and delegate when you can

  • your work starts when every else are not working

  • bird eye view

  • distribute the context. Redundant communication as the way to go

  • about tech lead being ping all day

    • help hour for question that are less than 1-2 minutes
    • group quest ions to have a 15-30min session to go through your different issues
      • switch to something else unless you're totally blocked
    • interruptions kill focus, impact productivity
  • Course correction

  • when they fail you fail

  • we win together

  • touch base, stay on track

  • you achieve through your teamates

    • deleguate to achieve more and help grow
  • you lose touch with tech

  • many many many meetings

  • calendar block to protect your sanity or for uninterrupted work

  • you can sometimes feel powerless. You are just involved not have the final word.

  • Lead / manager is not for everyone

  • Some folks prefer to just churns through tickets withtout a whole lot of overhead

References

  • Your Team as a Distributed System • Andrew Harvey • YOW! 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjwwJbqB9qc