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Re: The Effective Tech Lead Is a 100x Engineer

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Mar 29, 2018, 5:59 PM UTC

dasil003 wrote: post #68

tboyd47 wrote: post #17

> The Tech Lead is a “hybrid” role with one foot in management and the other in engineering I may have a limited experience but I've never seen an effective Tech Lead who was a hybrid like this and I have serious doubts it's even possible. The amount of time these tech leads spend coding necessarily expands and consumes the time they have available for management. The type of "management" they do then becomes more de…

Counterpoint: I've made a 20-year career out of doing exactly this role, and it's been great for my career and for my teams. For me it's just another level of the specialization question. Just like being a specialist in some hot field will get you outsized compensation from a Google or an Amazon, it will also make you struggle in environments where you have to wear more hats. If you want to remain a pure IC and move…

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Re: The Effective Tech Lead Is a 100x Engineer

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Post by megamindbrian2 » Tue, Apr 03, 2018, 6:06 PM UTC

joejerryronnie wrote: post #78

megamindbrian2 wrote: post #67

The only "work that matters" is growing food and service people. The rest of this up and coming technology bubble is hubris.

Yes, but we also need soldiers to keep other soldiers from taking the food. And stone keeps and villages with market places to trade food for goods. And better farming techniques to increase our food production. Also, some more advanced machines to allow better food processing and some textiles. We probably need something a little more efficient than water or steam power. And logistics! Definitely need a way to get p…

If every neighborhood had a lot designed to produce food for every person +1 we wouldn't need so much logistics and lever machines.

Re: The Effective Tech Lead Is a 100x Engineer

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Post by fitpolar » Sat, Apr 07, 2018, 5:29 PM UTC

dlevine wrote: post #6

mykull wrote: post #2

I really don't think coining the term 10x did anything to help developers or the state of development, and likewise here.

Agreed. I think that the advantage of a good tech lead is that they: 1) Make sure that the people working for them are happy and challenged and 2) Remove any roadblocks required for developers to solve the problems that they are working on (I would say "write code", but I don't think that the ultimate measure of developer productivity is how much code they write). I think that good tech leads should help to keep prod…

Isn’t that the role of the scrum master? I fail to see the value that another layer of management provides vs a good scrum master... and if the scrum master isn’t any good, train them to be.

I thought it was a well written article though, and the author’s company sounds like the best environment to be in with a tech lead.

Re: The Effective Tech Lead Is a 100x Engineer

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Post by fitpolar » Sat, Apr 07, 2018, 5:32 PM UTC

lawlessone wrote: post #3

mykull wrote: post #2

I really don't think coining the term 10x did anything to help developers or the state of development, and likewise here.

Companies will probably start assigning us all badges soon like in game achievements/levels. 100x 200x gives me an idea for terrible clicker game.

That day is when I’m checking out for ever and retiring. I would prefer to sell coffee over boarding the bs train.