The Geek’s Guide to Leading Teams - Patrick Kua

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The Geek’s Guide
to Leading Teams
@patkua
Patrick Kua

Available on leanpub (http://tiny.cc/twtl)

Source: http://twitter.com/julianboot/status/232830267822309376
@thejayﬁelds: I had ten guys on my
last project, all of them had opinions
and all of them were expressed in
the code base #speakerconf
@julianboot

A simple test for an
effective Tech Lead...

Does the codebase look like it
was written by a single person?
Yes
No

TECH
Do effective Technical Leaders
need to code?
Deﬁnitely!
At least 30% of the
time with the team

“...respect is the currency of
the realm”
http://bit.ly/15Rm4z

http://bit.ly/15Rm4z
““The amount of respect an IT pro
pays someone is a measure of how
tolerable that person is when it comes
to getting things done...””

http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/TabsSpacesBoth

Tabs OR Spaces
2 Spaces OR 4 Spaces
CamelCase OR Underscore
Curly brace end of line
OR next line
Brackets OR not

How long does the build
stay broken?
Do people avoid
conﬂict?
Do people offer new
ideas?
Do people ﬂag when
they need help?
Do people feel okay to
admit being wrong?
Team Culture

Vision
Yes
No
Can everyone draw the same
architecture diagram?

Riding Paradox
“Paradox” by Michael Berg
Consistency vs Improvement
Delivering vs Learning
Technical vs Business

Analytical
Activator
Intellection
Achiever
Strategic
Input
Woo

Collective
Accuracy
=
Average Accuracy
+ Diversity*
* Requires ability to integrate

Skill/Ability
ChallengeHIGHLOW
LOW HIGH
Anxiety

Skill/Ability
ChallengeHIGHLOW
LOW HIGH
Boredom

Skill/Ability
ChallengeHIGHLOW
LOW HIGH
Flow
Anxiety
Boredom

Learning Activities
Brown Bag sessions
Spike Showcases
Team code reviews
Technical
Retrospectives
Pair Programming
Video/Book Club

“Bad Is Stronger Than Good” (2001) Baumeister et al
Beware the bad apple

Technical Business
Translating between realms

9am
6pm
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Email Time Email Time
Planning
Time
1:1s
Email Time
Planning
Time
Email Time
Next week
planning

People The Tech of a Tech Lead
Bridging the Business You

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The Geek’s Guide to Leading Teams - Patrick Kua

1. The Geek’s Guide to Leading Teams @patkua Patrick Kua

2. Available on leanpub (http://tiny.cc/twtl)

3. Why do we need a Tech Lead?

4. Why do we need a Tech Lead?

7. ?

8. Source: http://twitter.com/julianboot/status/232830267822309376 @thejayﬁelds: I had ten guys on my last project, all of them had opinions and all of them were expressed in the code base #speakerconf @julianboot

9. A simple test for an effective Tech Lead...

10. Does the codebase look like it was written by a single person? Yes No

11. What do effective Tech Leads focus on?

12. Tech People Business You

13. The “Tech” in Tech Lead

14. TECH Do effective Technical Leaders need to code? Deﬁnitely! At least 30% of the time with the team

15. http://bit.ly/15Rm4z

16. “...respect is the currency of the realm” http://bit.ly/15Rm4z

17. http://bit.ly/15Rm4z ““The amount of respect an IT pro pays someone is a measure of how tolerable that person is when it comes to getting things done...””

18. Consistency over Cleverness

19. http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/TabsSpacesBoth

20. Tabs OR Spaces 2 Spaces OR 4 Spaces CamelCase OR Underscore Curly brace end of line OR next line Brackets OR not

21. Team Culture

22. How long does the build stay broken? Do people avoid conﬂict? Do people offer new ideas? Do people ﬂag when they need help? Do people feel okay to admit being wrong? Team Culture

23. Vision

24. Vision Yes No Can everyone draw the same architecture diagram?

25. Free download: http://bit.ly/1Esrn7f

26. Riding Paradox

27. Riding Paradox “Paradox” by Michael Berg Consistency vs Improvement Delivering vs Learning Technical vs Business

28. People

29. Analytical Activator Intellection Achiever Strategic Input Woo

30. Collective Accuracy = Average Accuracy + Diversity* * Requires ability to integrate

31. Trust isn’t built in one day

32. Growing People

33. Skill/Ability ChallengeHIGHLOW LOW HIGH

34. Skill/Ability ChallengeHIGHLOW LOW HIGH Anxiety