What I wish I knew as a first time Tech Lead - Patrick Kua

What I wish I knew as a first time Tech Lead - Patrick Kua | The Lead Developer UK 2016

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The path from being a developer to a Tech Lead seems like a scary transition. As a developer, you could focus on constantly learning new tools, libraries, frameworks and programming languages. It was mostly you and the computer. The Tech Lead role feels like a path where you will no longer get to code. You feel like you know what makes a good developer, but you’re unsure about what makes a good Tech Lead. In this talk, Pat Kua will reveal the lessons he wishes he’d learnt as a first time Tech Lead.
ABOUT PATRICK KUA
Patrick is a Principal Technical Consultant at ThoughtWorks who is normally found leading development teams. He is a conference speaker and author of The Retrospective Handbook and Talking with Tech Leads and is passionate about bringing a balanced focus on people, organisation and technology.

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@CanalDoFilipe_ Ай бұрын

I'm starting a new project and moving into the tech lead role.

@gstefanovski 4 жыл бұрын

"World is no longer binary" and "People are really complex" is very true. Great presentation, thanks.

@piyushjaiswal8993 5 жыл бұрын

Amazing presentation, being a tech lead it helps to get more knowledge from people around the world.

@vijaynelson3908 5 жыл бұрын

Wonderful presentation

@theunnamed89 Жыл бұрын

Next week I start as a tech lead for the first time in 8 years. Wish me luck!

@elgorditorecargado Жыл бұрын

great presentantion, really helpful content! thanks!

@sagar-gavhane 3 жыл бұрын

great talk

@alexxmde 4 жыл бұрын

Really great

@jacobkurien 2 жыл бұрын

Good presentation

@belajijo5054 5 жыл бұрын

Excellent presentation !! Can you suggest books to read to become a leader? Thanks !

@Meritumas 3 жыл бұрын

gofmt, and problem with developer’s preference of formatting code solved 😉

@jeffvoight6586 5 жыл бұрын

Why you gotta call me out on the wanting to just write code all the time?

@mohitmalhotra9034 4 жыл бұрын

Great speach

@budi0580 3 жыл бұрын

Arent those sound like overlap with scrum master or manager role ? 🙄

@Vushion 4 жыл бұрын

Annoying jumping slides

@stephennjuguna3793 3 жыл бұрын

👍👍

@navadiaev 2 жыл бұрын

but he is not *the* tech lead...

@alexnezhynsky9707 6 жыл бұрын

If you've been promoted to a tech lead, then you're ready to transition. The management knows what it's doing when it raises you, so by the time it happens, you will already find yourself prepared. It comes naturally over time.

@lukecxu 6 жыл бұрын

Not always true. Especially in start ups. Start ups don't have the luxury to afford the money and/or time to find the right candidate. So often if someone leaves the next senior person will replace him/her.

@konstantingeist3587 3 жыл бұрын

There's also the famous en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_principle "The Peter Principle is a concept in management developed by Laurence J. Peter, which observes that people in a hierarchy tend to rise to their "level of incompetence": employees are promoted based on their success in previous jobs until they reach a level at which they are no longer competent, as skills in one job do not necessarily translate to another"