DPC16: Things I was unprepared for as a lead developer

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Who here is a developer? (Keep your hand raised!)

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Who does not intend to be a developer forever?

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

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Who’s arm is tired?

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

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Alexander the Great

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How do we get to be the great leader?

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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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The story…

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It didn’t go so well…

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Why were these tasks distracting me?

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I wasn’t prepared!

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Go home with this Lesson #1 Expectation management

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Make sure you still get enough code time

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Agenda management

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Say NO more often

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Delegating

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C. VanHook - Flickr

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Culture (building)

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

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

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

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Financial management

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That day the boss came up to me…

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Public speaking

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Talk to others

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

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Questions? • 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/