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I'm glad this article was written. I've found out some of these things the hard way as an introverted geek. Due to my personality and general disdain of meeti

I'm glad this article was written. I've found out some of these things the hard way as an introverted geek. Due to my personality and general disdain of meetings, I will probably never go down the management path, so becoming a tech lead is one of the viable options I've taken at a couple places. Let me say that going out to lunch (and beer Fridays if your company allows that) with your team is one of the best things you can do. It helps the team to jell and fosters open communication which is essential IMO.

watmough 17y ago
As a former tech lead, if you are really mentoring and helping people, bet on allocating 20% of your time per person. Of course this leaves you with a LOT less time to do your own job, but with luck, your team's goal should be to do a better job than you yourself could have done. Which was always my target. The team did it, and did it better than I could have expected. This 20% ties in great with many modest management types who are out of their comfort zone above about 3 people. There a quote somewhere in Programmers at Work that the best team is one that will still fit in a VW Bug.