Ask HN: Any advice for a lead developer starting a new development team?

Re:Ask HN: Any advice for a lead developer starting a new de... by djb_hackernews on Friday June 08, 2012 @05:28PM (#4086244)

Random thoughts:

* Lay out a simple code quality wiki if you don't already have one

* Have quick one on ones every other week or so

* Let them pick their hardware as freely as possible.

* Allow them to modify the lighting in the workspace as freely as possible

* Set a standard for communication, this will be important as the team grows

* Keep in mind people really want Autonomy, Mastery and Purpose

* Give credit and praise freely

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Re:Ask HN: Any advice for a lead developer starting a new de... by evoltix on Saturday June 09, 2012 @11:22PM (#4090066)

Could you elaborate on letting them pick their own hardware?

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Re:Ask HN: Any advice for a lead developer starting a new de... by djb_hackernews on Sunday June 10, 2012 @09:50PM (#4092886)

Take it how ever far you feel comfortable. Ultimately you are in control, so maybe you say only macs or only IBMs or whatever. Or you say heres 10k, buy what you need as long as you can deliver code, or maybe you only use MBPs with Lion but they can at least pick their display set up and input devices.

Give them flexibility as much as possible while maintaining control. Don't make every dev environment an experiment though.

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