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Questions for tech leaders
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Opener

  • How did you get to be in your current role? (in 3 minutes)

Emotions (what excites and frustrates)

  • What excites you about tech leadership?
    • What do you find rewarding?
  • What frustrates you about tech leadership?

Training

  • How would you coach a developer into being a Tech Lead?
  • Have you received any training or mentoring specific to leading teams?
  • What skill helps most with tech leadership?

Career Paths

  • It’s popular to have Individual Contributor and People Manager tracks for software developers to move into these days.
  • Do you think this is a good development for our industry? What impact has it had?
  • How would you advise someone who wasn’t sure which path to take?

Looking back and forward

  • What would you do differently if you had your career to go through again?
  • Will tech leadership be the same in five years time?
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