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Highlights

  • I noticed how most teams in software often have “the” manager and “the” tech lead or “the” senior engineer.
  • When I moved from engineering to engineering management, I wanted to build a team where everyone can be a leader - and everyone would act as an owner.
  • The first thing I settled on was to have one publicly announced engineering lead per project.
  • I delegated the responsibility - deciding how to do things - but kept the accountability. If the project would fail, and someone would get in trouble, it would still be me, not the project lead.
  • First-time leaders: directing, then mentoring