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#122 - Essential Things Every Software Engineer Should Know - Kevlin Henney

Tech Lead Journal

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The Three Technical Leadership Wisdom

Lead by example is a really important thing. Sometimes that means leading before you tell. Do that in practice. You're not going to do all the work if you come up with everything at once. Don't just tell me the thing, show me the thing. It's an example, not just because you're not being a hypocrite. So I think your message is really important for all of us here to think about compassion and not to always downgrade people as a developer. Many programmers probably started their career thinking that they will work just with machine and keyboard. We should be careful about applying those skills to people.

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