10 tips to become an awesome Technical Lead
summary
Ten concrete practices for taking technical lead responsibility: run the OODA loop (observe, orient, decide, act) to drive small continuous improvements; stay hands-on with code, reviews and POCs while enforcing nonfunctional needs like security, networking and Dockerized deployments; treat failures (hello null pointer in production) as learning opportunities and celebrate early successes; use three-point estimating or planning poker with a buffer (~20%) and document assumptions; build cross-team networks and integrate CI/CD, instant messaging and offshore teams.
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chapters (13)
- 0:00Intro
- 5:46Advocate for Change
- 7:55Work through Failure and Success
- 10:20Stay Technical
- 12:52Always Available
- 15:05Be a mentor for your team
- 18:51Surround yourself with other Tech Leads
- 21:36Think Big, Blas for Action.
- 24:39Interviewing potential new team members
- 31:51Embrace Cultural differences
- 38:02Estimating is hard
- 43:31Interfacing with the outside world
- 46:15Facilitate (agile) team work
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