Really good summary, I thought I am weird leaning towards both sides. Even though I am not the official tech lead in our team, I often think we can do better as a team having more big picture conversations (business included) and sometimes I feel more responsible for some bigger code refactor. Could you recommend someth to improve team work without looking like willing to take our lead position - as I fully respect management decision for him.
there are more people outhere leaning towards both sides :)
My suggestions to your question is
- to bring up your worries and ideas with your lead and metion your interest for taking some of the action :) - see how he reacts (you might be surprised he is relieved that you are taking some of the load) ;)
- another great way is to use the retro to bring up these types of topics and see how the team feels about it - if they agree that is important mention that you would be happy to take some actions :)
and remember: helping a team only works if they agree they could use some help - if not your efforts might do more damage than good
Really good summary, I thought I am weird leaning towards both sides. Even though I am not the official tech lead in our team, I often think we can do better as a team having more big picture conversations (business included) and sometimes I feel more responsible for some bigger code refactor. Could you recommend someth to improve team work without looking like willing to take our lead position - as I fully respect management decision for him.
there are more people outhere leaning towards both sides :)
My suggestions to your question is
- to bring up your worries and ideas with your lead and metion your interest for taking some of the action :) - see how he reacts (you might be surprised he is relieved that you are taking some of the load) ;)
- another great way is to use the retro to bring up these types of topics and see how the team feels about it - if they agree that is important mention that you would be happy to take some actions :)
and remember: helping a team only works if they agree they could use some help - if not your efforts might do more damage than good
I really enjoyed it! Thanks :D