Let’s be sincere– I’m proficient at code, yet the idea of taking care of individuals terrifies me.
I’ve been an elderly programmer for some time currently, and every person keeps asking when I’m going to “take the next action” to Technology Lead or Personnel Engineer. The trouble? While I’m positive concerning system layout and code evaluations, I have no idea exactly how to handle stakeholder politics or inspire battling staff member.
So as opposed to continuing to avoid the inevitable, I developed something to help me (and with any luck others) method.
What is it?
TechLeadPilot is a management simulator that puts you in reasonable Tech Lead circumstances prior to you really need to face them. Assume “choose your own adventure” but for office scenarios that’ll actually occur to you.
You may face scenarios like:
Your PM wants to deliver without appropriate testing to strike a due date
Two elderly designers can not settle on system design
You need to describe why refactoring is worth 2 sprints to your director
A staff member keeps missing due dates yet won’t confess they’re having a hard time
How it works
- Select a circumstance from the collection
- Review the situation and make your choice or create your reaction
- Get AI feedback on your management technique
- Discover what you did well and where you can improve
Why I developed this
The concept of going from “senior designer who codes in peace” to “tech lead that spends the majority of their time in meetings” is honestly rather terrifying.
I know I’ll need to:
- Browse workplace politics (ugh)
- Influence individuals that don’t report to me
- Connect facility technical things to non-technical people
- In fact inspire and advisor employee
- Make decisions when I do not have all the info
These look like learnable abilities, however I prefer to exercise them in a simulator than figure them out by possibly screwing up with actual people.
The technology pile
- Frontend : Angular with Analog.js for SSR
- Backend : Node.js API courses
- Database : Firestore for customer information and simulation results
- AI : Google Vertex AI for creating personalized responses
- Hosting : Firebase (due to the fact that it simply functions)
What’s next?
I’m working with:
- A lot more scenario kinds (efficiency assesses audio terrifying)
- Roleplay mode where the AI plays different characters
- Development tracking so I can see if I’m really improving at this
Try it out: https://techleadpilot.com/simulations
Other aiming Tech Leads– what circumstances terrify you the most? Constantly seeking new ideas to add!