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Re:Hard-to-swallow truths they won't tell you about software... by donatj on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @06:32AM (#38189013)
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.

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Re:Hard-to-swallow truths they won't tell you about software... by fjfaase on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @06:35AM (#38189037)
Count yourself lucky.
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Re:Hard-to-swallow truths they won't tell you about software... by guappa on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @07:04AM (#38189282)
I hope there are a few in-between steps between "strongest developer" and "actively destroying what others are doing"
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Re:Hard-to-swallow truths they won't tell you about software... by dasil003 on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @10:04AM (#38191355)
Dude 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.
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Re:Hard-to-swallow truths they won't tell you about software... by roland35 on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @11:54AM (#38193182)
If 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!
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Re:Hard-to-swallow truths they won't tell you about software... by PH95VuimJjqBqy on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @12:56PM (#38194250)
If 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.
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