CodemotionBLN16 - Things I was unprepared for as a lead developer

All the things I was unprepared for as a lead developer, as given at Codemotion Berlin 2016

2. Who here is a developer? (Stay standing!)
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 standing?
6. Pascal de Vink @pascaldevink Things I was unprepared for as a lead developer
7. Alexander the Great
8. How do we get to be the great leader?
9. 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
10. The story…
11. It didn’t go so well…
12. Why were these tasks distracting me?
13. I wasn’t prepared!
14. Go home with this Lesson #1 Expectation management
16. Make sure you still get enough code time
17. Agenda management
18. Say NO more often
19. Delegating
20. C. VanHook - Flickr
21. Culture (building)
22. –Gruenter and Whitaker “The culture of any organisation is shaped by the worst behaviour the leader is willing to tolerate”
24. Culture is shaped by the best behaviour a leader is willing to promote
25. • Mentoring • Giving and receiving feedback • Motivating • Hiring (and firing) people • Sickness / personal problems • Lead by example
27. Financial management
28. That day the boss came up to me…
30. Public speaking
32. Talk to others
33. –Susan Gale “We all have something in common. It’s just a matter of taking the time to find out what it is.”
34. It’s not about the title!
35. Things you can do right now • Start mentoring • Ask for help • Feedback • Public speaking • Take an interest
 
 PHPMentoring.org
36. 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/