Talking with Tech Leads
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A practical playbook for stepping into technical leadership: a bank platform runs >120 deployments/week and tech leads are a role change not a promotion, expected to spend about 30% coding while owning team alignment, architecture and technical quality. Career ladders are a conversation, not a checklist; use a Trident model (IC, management, technical leadership). Build leadership via awareness training coaching practice, apply situational leadership to delegate, and protect time with an Eisenhower matrix to move from maker to multiplier.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Introduction and background
- 3:18From engineer to tech lead
- 7:08Career ladders and the Trident model
- 10:39Defining the tech lead role
- 13:45Developing leadership skills
- 17:38Struggles of new tech leads
- 23:33Traits of great tech leads
- 29:13Situational leadership model
- 31:22Managing time effectively
- 37:02From maker to multiplier mindset
- 38:50Q&A session
