Meetup summing up

1. Team Lead:To be or not to be
Materials by Senior Technology Director Egor Goryachkin

2. Typical Team Lead in software industry
• Mediator between the team and external
environment
• Manager for team members
• Processes and tools manager
and
● Understands all elements of SDLC
(business value, software design and
development, quality assurance,
infrastructure, release process)

3. Team Lead profile
• Passionate
• Effective communicator
• Mentally mature and
stress-resistant
• Provides feedback and promotes
education
• Competitive :)
• Senior industry professional

4. Who team lead is NOT?
• NOT a project manager
• NOT (always) a scrum master
• NOT a “toastmaster”
• NOT a senior developer who writes
more code than anyone else
around
• NOT necessarily an architect

5. Career path for Team Leader
• Ambitions first!
• Think 2+ steps ahead
• Get ready for the competition
• Think of IT as a business
• Invest in your professional
education