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This version was published on 2014-12-05
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By Jim Webber, Chief Scientist, Neo4j
http://jimwebber.org
@jimwebber
When Patrick approached me to write this foreword, I was a little hesitant. Im not especially renowned not even as a Tech Lead! But after I read the book, I began to understand why Patrick believed Id find the book worthy of a small contribution.
This is an important book and it makes a substantial contribution to the soft side of software: namely one that begins a path towards empirical reflection on what it means to be a senior software engineer. Moreover, in Talking with Tech Leads Patrick has captured a wide variety of experiences, opinions, and reflections on what it means to bear the responsibilities of a Tech Lead, far beyond merely being competent at software delivery.
Uncovering the practices, emotions, and ambitions of Tech Leads as well as their doubts, uncertainties and tribulations is a valuable first step towards empirically qualifying the nature and expectations of the role. In taking that step, it enables the new Tech Lead to manage their own expectations (and nerves) and the seasoned Tech Lead to grow through understanding how their peers have solved (or failed to solve) the challenges that beset others.
This is not a career guidance book, or even a self-help book, though both I think are suitably addressed as a side-effect of reading and internalising the interviews. This is a book that you can turn to when youre feeling unsure about moving into, or expanding your role as a Tech Lead. It provides an immediate sense of community, global and diverse, by the nature of the interviewees. Their stories resonate precisely because theyre honest accounts from representative technologists, much like you, the reader. All are well catalogued and curated to be engaging and provide an overarching narrative that maps conveniently to a typical career arc.
I expect, like most software people, ordinarily I read technical works much more than I read experience reports. Talking with Tech Leads has helped me redress some of that balance and think through what it means to lead software teams in the early 21st century. For that I am grateful to Patrick and I hope youll feel that the book will help you to reflect upon, and address, your challenges and aspirations around technical leadership too.
I have played the Tech Lead role countless times, in my role as a software development consultant at ThoughtWorks. In over a decade of working in IT, I have seen how different Tech Leads operate and grapple with their difficult problems. I have also trained, coached and successfully developed other Tech Leads both within ThoughtWorks and for the clients we work with. I noticed that the transition for a developer to a Tech Lead is never easy. Even experienced Tech Leads struggle when they first change teams or organisations.
When you, the developer, become a Tech Lead, you suddenly realise how lonely the role is. You will no longer be just a developer, and you will no longer be treated as such. When you look for support and advice, you find that no one can understand your unique position, team and context. If you work for a larger organisation, you are in luck you have other Tech Leads around you. But even then, you cannot easily see how they run their teams and even less likely, how they think through the problems they face.
I started this book project because I saw how developers struggled to adapt to the different skills and responsibilities that come with the Tech Lead title. The experience you gain as a developer does not prepare you for the responsibilities of the role. Unlike the bountiful number of books on programming, there are few resources that help developers prepare for this role, or help Tech Leads develop themselves further.
This book helps you on your journey to becoming a better Tech Lead.
This book offers you the experiences from real-life Tech Leads. I wanted this book to represent a wide spectrum of experiences and found Tech Leads who work all over the world in different circumstances.
Some Tech Lead works for very large organisations, whilst others work for very small groups. Their teams write software in industries such as travel, finance, real estate, media, and consulting. Some Tech Leads guide a team of very experienced developers, whilst others lead a team with a mix of experience, including developers relatively new to the industry. With this spectrum, I hope there are people you can relate to, and also new circumstances to be aware of in the role of a Tech Lead.
The Tech Leads share their views their role and how they solve problems through a series of curated interviews. The structure of the interviews was intentionally similar, in order to see how different Tech Leads responded.
You will find that there is no single best way to lead development teams. Instead, you will discover different approaches to dealing with different aspects of the Tech Lead role.
First of all, I would like to thank all the contributors. I know how time-consuming the Tech Lead role is and it took significant number of hours for each person to think about and write down their thoughts about the role. Sharing stories about tough times requires humility and everyone offered their experiences to share and learn from.
Id like to give special thanks to contributors in the section of the book. Not only were they hard to source, because being a Tech Lead for the first time happens only once of course, but they were also courageous in sharing their experiences with the world.
Thanks too to the countless people who helped put me in touch with the people included in the book. Without their recommendations and people they introduced me to, I would not have been able to pass on such a wide variety of experiences and backgrounds.
I recognise that the contents may be a little biased with many people having some connection with ThoughtWorks. This is down to my background and network. I worked conscientiously to cast my net further afield, attempting to capture Tech Leads working in a diverse set of companies, industries, and with a broad range of experiences. I hope that as a reader you benefit from this.
Id also like to thank the editor I collaborated with, Angela Jameson Potts of Virtual Editor. It was a great pleasure to work with her again, and I greatly appreciated her flexible approach to working with very non-traditional book formatting tools.
Finally, I want to acknowledge you, the reader: thank you for selecting this book. I hope you learn much from it.
I wish I had read this book five years ago. It changed the way I worked the day after I read it. I would recommend it to any new or aspiring Tech Lead.
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