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To be fair, the best team leads I have had were all far from the strongest developers on the team. The best team leads job isn't to dev, it's to represent the
by donatj 3y ago
To be fair, the best team leads I have had were all far from the strongest developers on the team.
The best team leads job isn't to dev, it's to represent the teams interests to the larger organization, and I have known some people who have really gone to bat for us, while at the same time barely being able to code genuinely getting angry at CI for pointing out obvious problems with their code.
- fjfaase 3y agoCount yourself lucky.
- guappa 3y agoI hope there are a few in-between steps between "strongest developer" and "actively destroying what others are doing"
- dasil003 3y agoDude I don’t know. Representing the team means understanding and making sure the architectural approach and interfaces/contracts with other teams are solid and will stand the test of time. This is certainly different from leetcode skills, but I’ve never seen a truly bad coder have any success at it.
- roland35 3y agoIf they aren't the best developer but realize that then it isn't a problem - it's when you have someone who is terrible and thinks that they're great!
- PH95VuimJjqBqy 3y agoIf by team lead you mean manager, sure. If by team lead you mean tech lead, absolutely not. They should be one of the strongest developers on your team.