What were the qualities you most admired, respected, and appreciated from a tech lead you loved working for?
listening competence (you need to be able to listen to the problem the engineers you manage do have and react upon them)
reactiveness --> the team is the most important thing, if there is a problem for the team, solve it
being humble (you are lead, doesn't mean that you know everything, you can definitely still learn from a junior)
be open / don't judge
show your engineers that they can come to you anytime and talk to you about anything
make your engineers happy (already said that: your team is the most important thing!)
you can make people happy by: work life balance (but not just talk about it, live it), personal relationship, team building things (escape room, improv theatre,...)
trust your team!! If you don't trust that your team works how they promised to work, then you have trust issues. And they are not gonna be solved by asking why something is not done. you should trust that they also want the product to be amazing and giving their best. And if they don't give their best, you should rather observe... maybe there is a underlying problem?
What qualities did you find the most disheartening, frustrating, or disappointing that you hope to never have in a future tech lead?
don't put pressure on the team (you will get deadlines from your manager and as you are a lead now, you have to meet the deadline. but rather than putting pressure on the team you should motivate the team. they should see the same vision you do. I can tell you pressure will create a really bad mood and as developers get jobs fairly easy they will be gone soon if you take away their evenings)
NEVER ask "why"! This word should be banned from now on in your dictionary. If you ask someone "why" they did this and "why" this is not working, you make them become defensive. That's super super bad! Rather ask: "How will the action done here help with this and that", "How did this error occur", then you search for the reason and the developer doesn't think it's his or her fault. (learned that from my VP, best tip in the world!!!)
There are so many more things :D
Just need to work now!
I wish you all the best!!
And congrats! Good job :)
What were the qualities you most admired, respected, and appreciated from a tech lead you loved working for?
What qualities did you find the most disheartening, frustrating, or disappointing that you hope to never have in a future tech lead?
There are so many more things :D
Just need to work now!
I wish you all the best!!
And congrats! Good job :)
This is so awesome thank you so much !!!!!!!!