Listen "What you should know building a Tech Lead community"
Episode Synopsis
Don't miss our story of the introduction of the Tech Leads
During the podcast, you will find out what Tech Leads are and why we need to build this community of Tech Leads at bol.com. You will learn how we approached this and avoid hiding the Tech Leads in ivory towers. The two tech leads and an IT director share best practices and pitfalls (and what we learned from them).
The Why and What of our Tech Lead Community
Tech Lead Community
Why did we start to define the role?
What is the Tech Lead for bol.com,
Responsibilities
Product Tech Lead
Space Tech Lead
It's a fun challenge and it's taking time" - Eduardo da Silva
The backlog of the tech leads
Backlog of community
Tech Radar
Tech Vision
Backlog Space Tech Leads
Cloud Migration
Backlog of products
Examples
Introduction of the role (process)
Definition
Scale, number of Tech Leads needed
Rollout / Hiring part
Building the Tech Lead Community
Lessons Learned so far
Best Practices
Pitfalls / Challenges.GuestsAlexandra Egher; Product Tech Lead at bol.comMirko van Ede; Director IT - Shopping & Marketing Technology at bol.comEduardo da Silva; Tech Leader & Sociotechnical Architect at bol.comNotesThe book Talking with Tech Leads by Patrick Kua.We talked about API design and development in a previous episode.
During the podcast, you will find out what Tech Leads are and why we need to build this community of Tech Leads at bol.com. You will learn how we approached this and avoid hiding the Tech Leads in ivory towers. The two tech leads and an IT director share best practices and pitfalls (and what we learned from them).
The Why and What of our Tech Lead Community
Tech Lead Community
Why did we start to define the role?
What is the Tech Lead for bol.com,
Responsibilities
Product Tech Lead
Space Tech Lead
It's a fun challenge and it's taking time" - Eduardo da Silva
The backlog of the tech leads
Backlog of community
Tech Radar
Tech Vision
Backlog Space Tech Leads
Cloud Migration
Backlog of products
Examples
Introduction of the role (process)
Definition
Scale, number of Tech Leads needed
Rollout / Hiring part
Building the Tech Lead Community
Lessons Learned so far
Best Practices
Pitfalls / Challenges.GuestsAlexandra Egher; Product Tech Lead at bol.comMirko van Ede; Director IT - Shopping & Marketing Technology at bol.comEduardo da Silva; Tech Leader & Sociotechnical Architect at bol.comNotesThe book Talking with Tech Leads by Patrick Kua.We talked about API design and development in a previous episode.
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