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Tech Lead

A leadership-focused learning path for tech leads covering architecture, code quality, team processes, mentoring, technical decision-making, and project delivery for engineering excellence.

roleadvanced12 nodes110h total
  1. 1

    Transitioning to Tech Lead

    Understand the tech lead role, responsibilities, and mindset shift

    Completion criteria: Create a personal development plan for the tech lead role

    Next step: Study system design and architecture

    ⏱ 6h

  2. 2

    System Design and Architecture

    Master system design patterns, trade-offs, and scalability

    Prerequisites: tl-01

    Completion criteria: Design a scalable system architecture for a real-world problem

    Next step: Learn code quality and standards

    ⏱ 14h

  3. 3

    Code Quality and Standards

    Establish code quality standards, linting, and review practices

    Prerequisites: tl-02

    Completion criteria: Define and enforce code quality standards for a team

    Next step: Study technical decision-making

    ⏱ 8h

  4. 4

    Technical Decision-Making

    Make informed technical decisions with ADRs and trade-off analysis

    Prerequisites: tl-03

    Completion criteria: Write architecture decision records for key decisions

    Next step: Learn team processes and agile

    ⏱ 8h

  5. 5

    Team Processes and Agile

    Establish effective agile processes, ceremonies, and workflows

    Prerequisites: tl-04

    Completion criteria: Design and implement an effective team workflow

    Next step: Study mentoring and coaching

    ⏱ 8h

  6. 6

    Mentoring and Coaching

    Develop mentoring skills to grow team members effectively

    Prerequisites: tl-05

    Completion criteria: Create a mentoring plan for junior team members

    Next step: Learn risk management

    ⏱ 8h

  7. 7

    Technical Risk Management

    Identify, assess, and mitigate technical risks in projects

    Prerequisites: tl-06

    Completion criteria: Create a risk register and mitigation plan for a project

    Next step: Study estimation and planning

    ⏱ 8h

  8. 8

    Estimation and Project Planning

    Master technical estimation, roadmapping, and project planning

    Prerequisites: tl-07

    Completion criteria: Create a technical roadmap with realistic estimates

    Next step: Learn cross-functional collaboration

    ⏱ 8h

  9. 9

    Cross-Functional Collaboration

    Collaborate effectively with product, design, and business teams

    Prerequisites: tl-08

    Completion criteria: Establish communication frameworks with cross-functional teams

    Next step: Study incident management

    ⏱ 6h

  10. 10

    Incident Management and On-Call

    Lead incident response and establish on-call procedures

    Prerequisites: tl-09

    Completion criteria: Create an incident response process and on-call rotation

    Next step: Learn performance management

    ⏱ 8h

  11. 11

    Team Performance and Delivery

    Measure and improve team performance and delivery metrics

    Prerequisites: tl-10

    Completion criteria: Define and track DORA metrics for team performance

    Next step: Build a capstone tech lead project

    ⏱ 8h

  12. 12

    Capstone Tech Lead Project

    Lead a technical initiative from design to delivery

    Prerequisites: tl-11

    Completion criteria: Deliver a technical initiative with documentation and team buy-in

    Next step: Continue developing leadership skills and consider engineering management

    ⏱ 20h