I just became team-lead, now what

Today was a good day; you just got promoted as team-lead of your development team. The details weren't all that clear, but the boss told you: "You'll figure it out on the job."

You know there will be some extra responsibilities like taking the lead in job interviews, talking to potential customers, keeping the stack up to date... You don't want to let your team down, and there are a lot of eyes on you.

It might be best to avoid some pitfalls.

In this talk, we will take a look at how you can keep the team motivated and inspired, see if we can apply the same mindset to job interviews and dive into some do's and don't of talking to customers. You're going to do great, but a little guidance never hurt anyone.

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1. I just became team-lead ... now what
3. Any team leads in the room?
4. Any team leads in the room? Your mileage may vary
5. Frederick Vanbrabant @maybeFrederick www.frederickvanbrabant.com Keyboard for hire
7. Junior developers Medior developers Senior developers Team lead Management
8. Junior developers Medior developers Senior developers Team lead Management
9. Junior developers Medior developers Senior developers Team lead Management
10. Junior developers Medior developers Senior developers Team lead Management
11. Junior developers Medior developers Senior developers Team leads Management
12. Your main job now is mostly supporting the development team
13. Time to start our first project!
14. Social network that only communicates in cat gifs. “Kind of like the uber of of cat communication.” Budget: 100 000 EUR TimeFrame: 2 Months About the Project
15. Social network that only communicates in cat gifs. “Kind of like the uber of of cat communication.” Budget: 100 000 EUR TimeFrame: 2 Months About the Project
16. Tech stack • Vue.js + Blade • Laravel backend + some Laravel CMS thing • MySQL • Docker
17. Tech stack • Vue.js + Blade • Laravel backend + some Laravel CMS thing • MySQL • Docker headless front-end in React
18. Tech stack • Vue.js + Blade • Laravel backend + some Laravel CMS thing • MySQL • Docker headless front-end in React Ports and adaptors DDD backend
19. Tech stack • Vue.js + Blade • Laravel backend + some Laravel CMS thing • MySQL • Docker headless front-end in React Ports and adaptors DDD backend PostgreSQL
20. Tech stack • Vue.js + Blade • Laravel backend + some Laravel CMS thing • MySQL • Docker headless front-end in React Ports and adaptors DDD backend PostgreSQL Kubernetes!
21. Tech stack • Vue.js + Blade • Laravel backend + some Laravel CMS thing • MySQL • Docker headless front-end in React Ports and adaptors DDD backend PostgreSQL
22. • 2 Backend developers (Sr, Jr) • 1 Frontend developer (mid) • Part time devops (if things go bad) TEAM
23. Let’s count it out! 100K
24. Let’s count it out! 73,6K Senior b-dev work: 26 400 EUR * All prices are fictive
25. Let’s count it out! 51,6K Senior b-dev work: 26 400 EUR Junior b-dev work: 22 000 EUR * All prices are fictive
26. Let’s count it out! 29,6K Senior b-dev work: 26 400 EUR Junior b-dev work: 22 000 EUR Medior f-dev work: 24 000 EUR * All prices are fictive
27. Let’s count it out! 23,6K Senior b-dev work: 26 400 EUR Junior b-dev work: 22 000 EUR Medior f-dev work: 24 000 EUR Devops work: 6000 EUR * All prices are fictive
28. Damn you are good at this stuff! 23 600 Eur straight up profit!
30. How’s the project doing? 100K
31. How’s the project doing? 68,3K Senior b-dev work: 31 700 EUR * All prices are fictive * This is very optimistic
32. How’s the project doing? 41,9K Senior b-dev work: 31 700 EUR Junior b-dev work: 26 400 EUR * All prices are fictive * This is very optimistic
33. How’s the project doing? 22,7K Senior b-dev work: 31 700 EUR Junior b-dev work: 26 400 EUR Medior f-dev work: 19 200 EUR * All prices are fictive * This is very optimistic
34. How’s the project doing? 16,7K Senior b-dev work: 31 700 EUR Junior b-dev work: 26 400 EUR Medior f-dev work: 19 200 EUR Devops work: 6000 EUR * All prices are fictive * This is very optimistic
35. Damn you are good at this stuff! 23 600 Eur straight up profit!
36. Damn you are good at this stuff! 23 600 Eur straight up profit! 16 700 Ok-ish
37. Damn you are good at this stuff! 23 600 Eur straight up profit! 16 700 Ok-ish
39. Design Marketing Project Manager Devops Development
40. Design Marketing Project Manager Devops Development 5 % budget 5 % budget 20 % budget 5 % budget 65 % budget
41. How’s the project doing? 16,7K Senior b-dev work: 31 700 EUR Junior b-dev work: 26 400 EUR Medior f-dev work: 19 200 EUR Devops work: 6000 EUR * All prices are fictive * This is very optimistic
42. How’s the project doing? Senior b-dev work: 31 700 EUR Junior b-dev work: 26 400 EUR Medior f-dev work: 19 200 EUR Devops work: 6000 EUR * All prices are fictive -18,3K
43. 01 02 03 04 What to take away from this story
44. Software is expensive 01 02 03 04 What to take away from this story
45. Software is expensive Quality costs money 01 02 03 04 What to take away from this story
46. Software is expensive Quality costs money You are not an island 01 02 03 04 What to take away from this story
47. Software is expensive Quality costs money You are not an island Communication could have solved all of this 01 02 03 04 What to take away from this story
49. Keeping the team motivated
50. Trust Honesty Context
51. • Your team is full of intelligent people • You can’t do everything yourself • Ownership blooms quality Trust
52. • Office politics kills motivation • Admit when you’re wrong • You get back what you put in Honesty
53. • Why are we doing things • Get feedback • People will know constraints Context
54. This isn’t only about software
55. Trust Honesty Context Could you follow this up? We kinda forgot about this part of the project, and it’s vital to the client because a future payment module depends on it.
56. Talking to clients
57. 01 02 03 Talking to clients: The Survival guide
58. Listen to them 01 02 03 Talking to clients: The Survival guide
59. Listen to them Don’t promise extra 01 02 03 Talking to clients: The Survival guide
60. Listen to them Don’t promise extra Write it down, and mail it 01 02 03 Talking to clients: The Survival guide
61. Also the Trust, Honesty and Context stuff
62. Hiring
63. Why are brain teasers still a thing?
64. Why are brain teasers still a thing? It’s a safety net
65. What are my options here?
66. FizzBuzz
67. for ($i = 1; $i <= 100; $i++) { if ($i % 3 === 0 && $i % 5 === 0){ echo "FizzBuzz<br />"; } else if ($i % 3 === 0){ echo "Fizz<br />"; } else if ($i % 5 === 0){ echo "Buzz<br />"; } else { echo $i . "<br />"; } }
68. Very smart questions to see how the candidate thinks
69. How many golf balls are there in New York
70. Gilded Rose
71. https://github.com/emilybache/GildedRose-Refactoring-Kata
72. Show us some open-source work
73. Create a PR to some open-source work
74. Talk to them like a human being
76. You learn that they can do the basics FizzBuzz
77. You learn that they can do the basics You look really smart How many golf balls in New York FizzBuzz
78. You learn that they can do the basics You look really smart Refactoring is important How many golf balls in New York FizzBuzz Gilded Rose
79. Show open-source work You learn that they can do the basics You look really smart Refactoring is important What if they don’t have any? How many golf balls in New York FizzBuzz Gilded Rose
80. Show open-source work Make a PR to open source You learn that they can do the basics You look really smart Refactoring is important What if they don’t have any? Gives insight into PR’s and what projects they like How many golf balls in New York FizzBuzz Gilded Rose
81. Show open-source work Make a PR to open source Have an actual conversation You learn that they can do the basics You look really smart Refactoring is important What if they don’t have any? Gives insight into PR’s and what projects they like See what moves people. blog posts, how they think about a company and processes How many golf balls in New York FizzBuzz Gilded Rose
82. Trust Honesty Context
83. THANKS! @maybeFrederick
84. Questions! @maybeFrederick
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