Here is a great article by a blog called Hacknot. Technical Lead in engineering team is probably a difficult job and they have to care about technical and project management side of projects. The article focuses on the greatest mistakes of technical lead. Understand them, avoid them.
- Assuming the team serves you
- Isolating yourself from the team
- Employing hokey motivation techniques
- Not providing technical direction and context
- Fulfilling your own needs via the team
- Focusing on your individual contribution
- Trying to be technically omniscient
- Failing to delegate effectively
- Being ignorant of your own shortcomings
- Failing to represent the best interests of your team
- Failing to anticipate
- Repeat mistakes others have already made
- Using the project to pursue your own technical interests
- Not maintaining technical involvement
- Playing the game rather than focusing on the target
- Avoiding conflict
- Putting the project before the people
- Expecting everyone to think and act like you
- Failing to demonstrate compassion
Read the article for the details of mistakes.
Great Mistakes in Technical Leadership – [Hacknot]
