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Patterns and Anti-Patterns of Tech Leadership

Laura Paterson and I explore what the common traps first-time or inexperienced Tech Leads fall for and what strategies more successful Tech Leads draw from as we explore the patterns and anti-patterns of Technical Leadership.

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Patterns and Anti-Patterns of Tech Leadership

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  1. @laurapatersonuk & @patkua PATTERNS  AND  ANTI-­‐PATTERNS  OF   TECH  LEADERSHIP  

  2. ABOUT US

  3. ABOUT US @laurapatersonuk Laura Paterson Architect Tech Lead Coach Project Manager

  4. ABOUT US @patkua Patrick Kua Architect Tech Lead Author Coach

  5. Interviews from over 35 Tech Leads from various companies and industries

  6. JOURNEY OF A TECH LEAD

  7. OUR FIRST-TIME TECH LEAD Hayden

  8. Public Website Content API

  9. Hayden “Wow. I’ve just been made a Tech Lead”

  10. Content API Team QA Dev Dev Grad Dev BA

  11. Hayden “What does a Tech Lead do exactly?”

  12. JOURNEY OF A TECH LEAD PART 1

  13. “Something I can really get my teeth into!”

  14. “This is going to be great, I’ve been looking for a chance to try a new RESTful API design.”

  15. “Wow, we really don’t have much time I better get my head down and start coding...”

  16. “I need to do this myself to make sure it’s right...”

  17. IT ORGANISATION MAP

  18. A LONG-TIME TECH LEAD Bobbie

  19. “Hayden, can we chat?”

  20. “I’ve noticed a few things I’d like to share with you.”

  21. “Errr… sure.”

  22. “Great!”

  23. “What are your developers thinking and feeling?”

  24. “Hmmm...”

  25. Content API Team Dev Dev QA Grad Dev BA

  26. ANTI-PATTERNS

  27. MOLE

  28. DICTATOR

  29. HERO

  30. ANTI-PATTERNS

  31. “I need to do things differently...”

  32. “I need to look up from the code, and see the bigger picture”

  33. “I need to leave the team make their own decisions”

  34. “I need to give everyone a chance to work on the interesting bits”

  35. JOURNEY OF A TECH LEAD PART 2

  36. “I’m going to let the team find the solution.”

  37. “Instead of TDD, we are going to do Performance-Testing Driven Development”

  38. “Hayden, can we chat?”

  39. “Oh...”

  40. Content API Team Dev QA ?? ?? Dev Grad BA Dev

  41. ANTI-PATTERNS

  42. IVORY TOWER

  43. OUTSIDER

  44. ANTI-PATTERNS

  45. “I need to do things differently...”

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