Tech Lead Skills for Developers
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The skills you learn as a developer do nothing to prepare you for leading teams. When you suddenly find yourself in an Architect or a Tech Lead role, you're winging it, unsure about what the role entails and what skills you need. Find out how you can better prepare yourself for the unexpected.
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Tech Lead Skills for Developers
- 1. @ p a t k u a TECH LEAD SKILLS FOR DEVELOPERS
- 2. WHY DO WE NEED A TECH LEAD?
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- 7. THINK THIS DOESN’T HAPPEN IN THE REAL WORLD?
- 8. Julianboot @thejayfields: I had ten guys on my last project, all of them had opinions and all of them were expressed in the code base #speakerconf Source: http://twitter.com/julianboot/status/232830267822309376
- 9. A SIMPLE TEST FOR AN EFFECTIVE TECH LEAD...
- 10. Does the codebase look like it was written by a single person? Yes No
- 11. WHAT DOES A GOOD TECH LEAD FOCUS ON?
- 13. PROGRAMMING
- 14. PROGRAMMING Do effective Technical Leaders need to code? DEFINITELY
- 15. Do effective Technical Leaders need to code? DEFINITELY At least 30%of the time with the team PROGRAMMING
- 16. ...respect is the currency of the realm PROGRAMMING The amount of respect an IT pro pays someone is a measure of how tolerable that person is when it comes to getting things done... http://bit.ly/15Rm4z
- 18. PROGRAMMING
- 19. PROGRAMMING
- 20. PROGRAMMING
- 21. PROGRAMMING
- 22. PROGRAMMING There are more important topics to spend time on...
- 24. Team Culture How long does the build stay broken? Do people avoid conflict? Do people offer new ideas? Do people flag when they need help?Do people feel okay to admit being wrong? PROGRAMMING
- 26. PEOPLE
- 28. PEOPLE
- 29. Fortune 500 companies with 3 or more women on the Board gain a significant performance advantage over those with the fewest PEOPLE Return on Sales 73% Return on Equity Return on Invested Capital 83% 112% Source: Catalyst (2007) http://bit.ly/nEEfGX
- 30. “...over the past six years, companies with at least some female board representation outperformed those with no women on the board in terms of share price performance.” PEOPLE Return on Equity 12% 16% Return on Equity Source: Credit Suisse Research Institute (August 2012) http://bit.ly/Oozuvl
- 31. Collective Accuracy = Average Accuracy + Diversity* PEOPLE * Requires ability to integrate
- 32. TRUST ISN’T BUILT IN ONE DAY https://www.flickr.com/photos/create-learning/3676366324/sizes/o/
- 36. PEOPLE Skill/AbilityLOW HIGH ChallengeHIGHLOW Source: Csikszentmihalyi, Flow (1990) Boredom
- 37. PEOPLE Skill/AbilityLOW HIGH ChallengeHIGHLOW Anxiety Boredom Csikszentmihalyi, "Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience" (1990) Flow
- 39. PEOPLE 39 Skills
- 45. PEOPLE Learning Activities Brown Bag sessions Spike Showcases Team code reviews Technical Retrospectives Pair Programming Video/ Book Club
- 46. PEOPLE “Bad Is Stronger Than Good” (2001) Baumeister et al Beware the bad apple
- 47. PROCESS
- 48. PROCESS Is it okay to tell people what to do? YES but only sometimes
- 49. SITUATIONAL LEADERSHIP MODEL HighDirecting BehaviourLow High SupportingBehaviour Supporting Coaching Directing Delegating
- 50. SITUATIONAL LEADERSHIP MODEL HighDirecting BehaviourLow High SupportingBehaviour Supporting Coaching Directing Delegating
- 51. SITUATIONAL LEADERSHIP MODEL Developing Development level of an individual Developed Low competence High commitment Low-some competence Low commitmentVariable commitment Moderate-high competence High commitment High competence
- 53. TUCKMAN’S STAGES OF GROUP DEVELOPMENT Forming Storming Norming Performing Adjourning
- 54. PROCESS Essentially, all models are wrong, but some are useful. —George E. P. Box
- 55. PROCESS Make time for you
- 58. PROCESS Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 9AM 6PM Email Time Planning Time Email Time 1:1s Email Time Planning Time Next week planning Email Time