Things I learned as a lead developer - webcampzg

Given at Webcamp Zagreb 2016

Transcript

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2. Who here is a
   developer/designer?
   (Keep your hand raised!)
   

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3. Who does not intend to
   be a developer forever?
   

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4. Who thinks she/he is
   ready to lead a team?
   

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5. Who just likes raising
   their hand?
   

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6. Pascal de Vink
   @pascaldevink
   Things I was unprepared
   for as a lead developer
   

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8. Alexander the Great
   

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9. How do we get to be
   the great leader?
   

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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
    

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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
    

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12. The story…
    

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13. It didn’t go so well…
    

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14. Why were these tasks
    distracting me?
    

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15. I wasn’t prepared!
    

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16. Lesson #1
    Expectation management
    

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17. Go home with this
    Lesson #1
    Expectation management
    

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20. Make sure you still get
    enough code time
    

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21. Agenda management
    

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22. Say NO more often
    

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23. Delegating
    

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24. C. VanHook - Flickr
    

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25. Culture (building)
    

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26. –Gruenter and Whitaker
    “The culture of any organisation is shaped by the
    worst behaviour the leader is willing to tolerate”
    

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29. Culture is shaped by the best behaviour a leader
    is willing to promote
    

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31. • Mentoring
    

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32. • Mentoring
    • Giving and receiving feedback
    

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33. • Mentoring
    • Giving and receiving feedback
    • Motivating
    

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34. • Mentoring
    • Giving and receiving feedback
    • Motivating
    • Hiring (and firing) people
    

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35. • Mentoring
    • Giving and receiving feedback
    • Motivating
    • Hiring (and firing) people
    • Sickness / personal problems
    

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36. • Mentoring
    • Giving and receiving feedback
    • Motivating
    • Hiring (and firing) people
    • Sickness / personal problems
    • Lead by example
    

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38. Financial management
    

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39. That day the boss
    came up to me…
    

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41. Public speaking
    

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43. Talk to others
    

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44. –Susan Gale
    “We all have something in common. It’s just a
    matter of taking the time to find out what it is.”
    

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46. It’s not about the title!
    

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47. Things you can do right now
    

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48. Things you can do right now
    • Start mentoring
    

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49. Things you can do right now
    • Start mentoring
    PHPMentoring.org
    

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50. Things you can do right now
    • Start mentoring
    

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51. Things you can do right now
    • Start mentoring
    • Ask for help
    

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52. Things you can do right now
    • Start mentoring
    • Ask for help
    

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53. Things you can do right now
    • Start mentoring
    • Ask for help
    

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54. Things you can do right now
    • Start mentoring
    • Ask for help
    • Feedback
    

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55. Things you can do right now
    • Start mentoring
    • Ask for help
    • Feedback
    • Public speaking
    

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56. Things you can do right now
    • Start mentoring
    • Ask for help
    • Feedback
    • Public speaking
    • Take an interest

    

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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/
    

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