Things I learned as a lead developer - webcampzg

Given at Webcamp Zagreb 2016

Transcript

2. Who here is a developer/designer? (Keep your hand raised!)
3. Who does not intend to be a developer forever?
4. Who thinks she/he is ready to lead a team?
5. Who just likes raising their hand?
6. Pascal de Vink @pascaldevink Things I was unprepared for as a lead developer
8. Alexander the Great
9. How do we get to be the great leader?
10. Mid Dev Keynote Speaker Sr. Dev Chief Architect Distinguished Dev Dev Evangelist Author/ Speaker Junior Dev Dev Manager Project Manager Freelance Dev Solopreneur Startup Founder Small Business CEO Founder, 3rd company Chairperson of the Board Director of Product Engineering/ Team Lead VP of Product Director/VP Engineering CTO Developer Manager Entrepreneur Founder, 2nd company Brandon Hays
11. Mid Dev Keynote Speaker Sr. Dev Chief Architect Distinguished Dev Dev Evangelist Author/ Speaker Junior Dev Dev Manager Project Manager Freelance Dev Solopreneur Startup Founder Small Business CEO Founder, 3rd company Chairperson of the Board Director of Product Engineering/ Team Lead VP of Product Director/VP Engineering CTO Developer Manager Entrepreneur Founder, 2nd company Brandon Hays
12. The story…
13. It didn’t go so well…
14. Why were these tasks distracting me?
15. I wasn’t prepared!
16. Lesson #1 Expectation management
17. Go home with this Lesson #1 Expectation management
20. Make sure you still get enough code time
21. Agenda management
22. Say NO more often
23. Delegating
24. C. VanHook - Flickr
25. Culture (building)
26. –Gruenter and Whitaker “The culture of any organisation is shaped by the worst behaviour the leader is willing to tolerate”
29. Culture is shaped by the best behaviour a leader is willing to promote
31. • Mentoring
32. • Mentoring • Giving and receiving feedback
33. • Mentoring • Giving and receiving feedback • Motivating
34. • Mentoring • Giving and receiving feedback • Motivating • Hiring (and firing) people
35. • Mentoring • Giving and receiving feedback • Motivating • Hiring (and firing) people • Sickness / personal problems
36. • Mentoring • Giving and receiving feedback • Motivating • Hiring (and firing) people • Sickness / personal problems • Lead by example
38. Financial management
39. That day the boss came up to me…
41. Public speaking
43. Talk to others
44. –Susan Gale “We all have something in common. It’s just a matter of taking the time to find out what it is.”
46. It’s not about the title!
47. Things you can do right now
48. Things you can do right now • Start mentoring
49. Things you can do right now • Start mentoring PHPMentoring.org
50. Things you can do right now • Start mentoring
51. Things you can do right now • Start mentoring • Ask for help
52. Things you can do right now • Start mentoring • Ask for help
53. Things you can do right now • Start mentoring • Ask for help
54. Things you can do right now • Start mentoring • Ask for help • Feedback
55. Things you can do right now • Start mentoring • Ask for help • Feedback • Public speaking
56. Things you can do right now • Start mentoring • Ask for help • Feedback • Public speaking • Take an interest

57. Thank you! • https://speakerdeck.com/tehviking/hacking-spacetime- for-a-successful-career • https://phpmentoring.org • http://www.amazon.com/The-Art-Asking-Learned- Worrying/dp/1455581089 • https://leanpub.com/talking-with-tech-leads • http://simpleprogrammer.com/2015/05/25/some-advice- on-becoming-a-lead-developer/