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Re:Ask HN: How to Be a Good Technical Lead? by robryk on Thursday October 15, 2015 @07:01PM (#10396535)
As far as (3) is concerned, I'd say that it's more important to actually have an "I might be wrong and would want to change my beliefs in that case" attitude and just be honest.

It's terribly easy to notice when someone gives a canned "I'm not sure it's the right approach" response while thinking that it's obviously wrong. Noticing that causes many people to feel patronized and/or lose trust in that someone.

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Re:Ask HN: How to Be a Good Technical Lead? by immoderate on Thursday October 15, 2015 @10:34PM (#10397169)
I agree. The "I'm not sure it's the right approach" is too easily brushed off.

Open, factual discussion has been my approach. It may bruise some egos, but in my experience, the alternative may be just as bad as rubber-stamping and that just isn't compatible with my ideals.

I also think that people will learn to respect the results of the approach in the long run and that is infectious, promoting real growth.

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