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I'm a senior dev/tech lead and I empower my junior team mates/reports to do what they think is right. As such, I get shot down just as much as I shoot them down
by ljm 7y ago
I'm a senior dev/tech lead and I empower my junior team mates/reports to do what they think is right. As such, I get shot down just as much as I shoot them down.
I learn a lot from them, because I'm asking them to do a lot, and they also learn from me when I review the code or advise them on an alternative. They push back a lot and that's what I want. I want my reports to prove me wrong and show me better.
This approach means that if I really have to put my foot down or enforce something, then there is enough mutual trust to allow that to happen.
- Aeolun 7y agoI’m trying to get to that point. It’s interesting to see that any new member that joins the team has a sort of adjustment period where the still come to ask everything, but eventually realize that “do what you think is best” is going to be the answer to any technical question regardless, and they realize it’s ok to have (and fix!) their own problems with the code.