throwaway1006

Re:Ask HN: My team lead is incompetent on Thursday May 14, 2020 @01:23PM (#23182420)

> Bringing people together, keeping the motivation of the team going, solving conflicts as soon as they happen. Also communicating with management (maybe you haven't realized that you are free to focus on the tech side because someone else is absorbing the drama?)

This is probably their strongest suit.

> Sometimes people are in a position for a reason. The ironic thing that could happen to you would be that someday you get that job and suddenly realize that it requires a completely different set of skills.

lol, indeed

Ask HN: My team lead is incompetent

Posted by throwaway1006 on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @05:44PM
from the ask-hn dept.

I've been working with my team lead for 3 years now, and I genuinely think they're dead weight. I'm the defacto team lead because I'm the most technically competent on the team and also because I: mentor the less experienced devs on the team, created the design and roadmap for our software, and help the team lead with practically every decision.The team lead has difficulty completing simple...

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