Lalit Kundu

Most engineers strive to become a **Tech Lead** (TL) without a clear understanding of the job.

There’s no job role/designation called “tech lead” at most tech companies. Most engineers get thrown into tech lead roles naturally, without ever being told what exactly the role is and how to grow as one. Most advice on the internet on how to be a TL is: do your job well, take responsibility, help others, or something even more vague like “be a leader”.

In this course, Lalit, a seasoned engineer, breaks down his experience playing the TL role in various capacities across the company, from a team of 3 up to a team of 45.

Lalit goes beyond truisms to share tactical advice for success as a Tech Lead. He talks about topics such as interfacing with management, upleveling team productivity, and dealing with poor performers.

The course is broken down into 4 modules:

- 🧐 What is a TL?
- 🎨 TL role: why and archetypes
- ✊🏽 TL duties
- 🐐 Great TL patterns (and tricky situations)

Tech Lead Blueprint: Role, Skills, and Strategies

Overview

The TL Role

Technical Duties

Team Unity + Growth

Tricky Situations

Become Technically Strong

What's The Deal With Tech Leads?

Course Structure

Why Do TLs exist?

Tech Lead Archetypes

Understand The Tech

Define Goals

Delegating The Work

Tracking Progress

Team Productivity

Empathetic Leadership

Mentorship + Coaching

Team Culture

Scaling Yourself

Low Performers

Chaos And Tech Debt

Own Your Success

Tech Lead Blueprint 6/17 - Become Technically Strong

Connect with Lalit on LinkedIn: <https://www.linkedin.com/in/lalitkundu/>

Tech Lead Blueprint 1/17 - What's The Deal With Tech Leads?

Engineer A claims "*I am the Tech Lead for Engineer B*", while Engineer B claims "*I am the Tech Lead for Engineer A*" 🤔🤔

Lalit has seen several variants of this from his experience as a peer reviewer for Google engineers during performance reviews. Lalit discusses the common desire for the tech lead role, the lack of explicit definitions in tech companies, and the implicit nature of becoming a tech lead.

Connect with Lalit on LinkedIn: <https://www.linkedin.com/in/lalitkundu/>

Tech Lead Blueprint 2/17 - Course Structure

Tech Lead Blueprint 3/17 - Why do TLs exist?

Tech Lead Blueprint 4/17 - TL Archetypes

Tech Lead Blueprint 5/17 - TL Duties

Tech Lead Blueprint 7/17 - Team Productivity

Tech Lead Blueprint 8/17 - Delegating The Work

Tech Lead Blueprint 9/17 - Tracking Progress

Tech Lead Blueprint 10/17 - Commit To Project Success

Tech Lead Blueprint 11/17 - Empathetic Leadership

Tech Lead Blueprint 12/17 - Mentorship + Coaching

Tech Lead Blueprint 13/17 - Team Culture

Tech Lead Blueprint 14/17 - Scaling Yourself

Tech Lead Blueprint 15/17 - Low Performers

Tech Lead Blueprint 16/17 - Chaos And Tech Debt

Tech Lead Blueprint 17/17 - Conclusion