Stream of Consciousness

Mark Eschbach's random writings on various topics.

What is a TechLead anyways?

Categories: leadership

Tags: techlead

What is a TechLead anyways?

A TechLead, or Technical Leader, is a high level contributor within a team focused on technical leadership, team supervision, and long term vision for a project. This role involves collaborative communication with contributors reporting to them, co-leaders working on the same project, and managing expectations on the team. TechLeads are typically a tenured squad leader who has developed additional leadership qualities within an organization.

Methods of Unit Collaboration

Code Reviews (AKA Pull Requests)

Technical Architecture and Vision

Contributor Growth

Technical Capability

Vision

Roadmap

Peer Collaboration

Product Management

Security

Platform Engineering + Infrastructure

Manging Up

Maturity Tempering