Building & Scaling up a Tech Team

Talk delivered at eChai Developers Summit on 22nd April, 2022. I talked about the challenges tackled and practices we followed while building and scaling up a tech team.

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1. Building & Scaling up a Tech Team Paresh Mayani, Co-Founder & CEO @ SolGuruz @pareshmayani
2. Challenges • • • • • • • Hiring Puzzles Communication Challenges Team Management Brand, Cultures & Values Micromanagement Code Quality & Architecture Repetitive tasks and Automation
3. Hiring Puzzles • • • • Don't put all the eggs in 1 basket For 1 position, Hire 2 Don't let the monopoly build Keep the hiring always open
4. Hiring Challenges • • Career page should be distilled clear Should represent your processes and culture
5. Hiring Challenges ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Most Important Think and hire from candidates' point of view Perks How you are unique and different Culture Growth
6. Communication Challenges • • • Daily Scrum Calls Evening Status update Weekly report
7. Communication Challenges • ☐ ☐ ☐ Department Meetings Review department progress Department Goals and achievement Define department processes & practices
8. Team Management • • • • • • • • Generate Leaders within the organisation Build Tasks Ownership Promote the talented individuals 1-on-1 Mentorship / Buddy Define onboarding process Rewards, Perks and Appreciations Career Growth KPI / OKR
9. Branding, Culture & Values • • • • Build the brand Enforce values, mission and vision from top to bottom Friendly atmosphere and Flexible environment Build consensus before rolling out any processes
10. Micromanagement • • • Don't do micro management It's a slow poison Let the team members fails, retry and learn from the failures
11. Code Quality & Architecture • • • • • Department bible Define processes & practices Peer to Peer code review Implement Static Code Analysis practices Have team members exploring the new tech and practices
12. Repetitive Tasks & Automation • • • Automate as many as mundane tasks possible Examples: Implemented CI/CD (aka build automation) Implement Automated code review (Static Code Analysis)
13. Let's Stay in Touch @pareshmayani https://www.linkedin.com/in/pareshmayani/