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Questions tagged [team-leader]

Many software projects are too large for a single developer to complete in a reasonable amount of time. The team leader is a developer who guides the programmers into getting the job done.

A team leader is not a project manager (although the team leader could also be one). This is the modern version of a chief programmer who runs a team of developers in a fashion similar to how a surgeon runs the staff in an operating room.

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New Team Lead - How to deal with a resentful former peer

I've been told that I am to be a team lead of an upcoming project. I've not ever been team lead before but the responsibilities are what you would typically expect, with revolving door of 3 to 4 other developers through the 8 or 9 months it takes to…
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How to earn team members respect as team lead

If you were hired into a new company as a team lead (say a team of 10) one of the important things to do is to earn the respect of the members of the team. In the early days the new team lead may know nothing of the team culture, code base and…
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What can I do? How would you react? HELP!

I'm trying to lead a software team that is falling behind. One of the main problems is that whenever something is mildly difficult, I end up having to assign it to myself. I had one other developer with moderate skills and half an intern. …
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Lead Programmer definition clarification

I have been working on PHP and MySQL based web application for more than 5 years now. I started my career as an Intern, and worked my way up through Jr Developer and Software Developer to Sr. Software Engineer (Team Lead), and that's what I am…
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Will you consider a Software Team Lead position with previous employer

Say you left your previous employer about 3.5 years ago to pursue a growth opportunity, my primary motivation for moving. If a position currently opens up in that same company today for a Software Team Lead, would you: Apply for this position, if…
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How do you start a development project with limited knowledge of the domain and programming language?

I am being offered to be a technical lead on a new upcoming project in my company. I have limited knowledge related to this project's domain as well as limited training in the programming language (C#) that this will be written in. I am currently a…
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