Best of Leadership — June 2023

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   Taro·3y

   How I became a Tech Lead and what I learned along the way

   The role of a Tech Lead (TL) is not easy to understand, for several reasons. The TL role is a hybrid one, not quite a manager, and not quite an individual contributor.

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   Stay SaaSy·3y

   How To Be An Engineer That PMs Don't Hate

   To be an engineer that PMs don't hate: Be responsible with the power of shipping code. Don’t make Product Management your QA team or your project manager. Don't mistake technical knowledge for intelligence. Explain the value of tech debt in a way that is easy to understand.

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   Pointer·3y

   The Surprising Power of Documentation

   Every hour invested into documentation by anyone saves literally x100 productivity hours across the company. Documentation is your secret weapon, the unsung hero of your startup, the gray knight. It eradicates guesswork and reinvention of the wheel.

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   David Heinemeier Hansson·3y

   When promotions become punishment

   The world is full of talented, capable people who'd rather put their own efforts to direct use than manage others. But the natural inclination is to promote senior contributors up a managerial ladder, and out of the trenches. This often ends poorly, turning the promotion into a punishment.

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   InfoWorld·3y

   Rust language gets new governance

   The Rust Leadership Council will assume responsibility for top-level governance concerns. The change follows some disgruntlement in the Rust community over the project’s leadership and governance. There has been some community dissatisfaction with Rust project leadership lately, with one result being a fork of the language.

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