Building & Scaling up a Tech Team Paresh Mayani, Co-Founder & CEO @ SolGuruz @pareshmayani

Challenges • • • • • • • Hiring Puzzles Communication Challenges Team Management Brand, Cultures & Values Micromanagement Code Quality & Architecture Repetitive tasks and Automation

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

Hiring Challenges • • Career page should be distilled clear Should represent your processes and culture

Hiring Challenges ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Most Important Think and hire from candidates' point of view Perks How you are unique and different Culture Growth

Communication Challenges • • • Daily Scrum Calls Evening Status update Weekly report

Communication Challenges • ☐ ☐ ☐ Department Meetings Review department progress Department Goals and achievement Define department processes & practices

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

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

Micromanagement • • • Don't do micro management It's a slow poison Let the team members fails, retry and learn from the failures

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

Repetitive Tasks & Automation • • • Automate as many as mundane tasks possible Examples: Implemented CI/CD (aka build automation) Implement Automated code review (Static Code Analysis)

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