Introduction.
In this article , an analysis of the team lead market was carried out and it shows that 63% of companies close a position for a team lead position by internal employees, and 23% of companies are closed by both internal and external employees.
I have often seen such a picture when a senior programmer is appointed to the position of a team lead, and a senior developer gets more pleasure from writing code and solving complex problems, which is why he is also a senior developer! When a senior developer gets the position of a team lead, he thinks that almost nothing will change, the team is familiar, will continue to write code, and a couple of meetings will be added to the calendar. But over time, he begins to notice that the code takes less and less time, most of the code is written without his participation, and he only has time to conduct code review.
New responsibilities fall on the shoulders of the team leader, for example, how to motivate children; draw up an individual development plan; hold one-on-one meetings; solve problems (different); juggle tasks between developers so that junior (Junior) programmers grow up and more experienced guys do not burn out; make systematic changes to work processes; also find a common language with business. And a lot of things to plan. But during his career as a senior developer, he did not acquire these skills, and most likely did not take the time to develop them.
New teams. New team leaders
The development team grew, and the task was to divide them into two cross-functional teams so that they could work separately from each other. And the task was, whom to appoint to the position of the team lead. The most experienced developer in the group refused to accept this position. But, in the group there was a middle developer who understood the code base of the project well, and communication skills were well developed. In his free time from work, he performed on stage, during his school and student years, acted as the leader of the group both in projects and in sports teams.
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Appointing to the role of the team lead more interested guys who are ready to solve the team's problems and who know how to listen are more beneficial than a burned-out senior developer.