Leading a Software Development Team - Advice for Software Development Manager and Tech Startups

Are you a software development manager at a tech startup? Learn best practices a tech lead or a software development manager can use to build healthy and happy teams. This presentation will also be helpful if you're hiring software developers for your startup. Jon, CTO & Partner, and Tim, Development Lead at Headway, share their real-world experience and advice with hiring and growing software development teams or how to become a software engineering manager What you'll learn: How to screen for and hire talented developers on an upward trajectory How to kick off projects to help teams integrate everyone's unique styles How to get meaningful feedback from your team Define project success criteria and getting buy-in from your team so everyone is rowing in the same direction Segments: 00:00 - Introduction 02:29 - Discussion Outline 04:59 - Building a Development Team 07:11 - Conway's Law 08:42 - Hiring on Upward Trajectory 10:25 - Growing Talent Within 12:30 - Identifying the Right Candidates 19:17 - Kicking Off Projects with DiSC 23:00 - Work-Life Balance 28:38 - Tackling Accountability 31:30 - Defining Success Criteria 36:39 - Clear Roadmaps 39:41 - Effective Handoffs 43:37 - Culture of Trust & Shared Growth 59:50 - Humility in Leadership 1:03:47 - Tools for Getting Actual Feedback 1:17:19 - Summary Articles to Get Started https://www.headway.io/blog/level-up-... https://www.headway.io/even-keeled/te... https://www.headway.io/blog/pair-prog... Tools We Use at Headway https://www.eosworldwide.com/eos-model https://www.discprofile.com/what-is-disc https://inscapevocations.com/m-core-m... https://www.gallup.com/cliftonstrengt... https://leadhonestly.com/ https://progressionapp.com/ Development - Project Health Check-Up https://headwayio.typeform.com/dev-he... #code #programming #leadership