Nobody trains tech leads. You're expected to just know.
I spent 15 years working it out the hard way. Now I help other tech leads skip the worst of it.
Sound familiar?
- You were promoted because you were one of the best developers. But nobody mentioned it's a different job.
- You're the person everyone asks. You've got no one to ask.
- You're in meetings all day, and you write your own code at night.
- You know the codebase is rotting, and you can't get anyone to give you time to fix it.
- You dread the 1-on-1s because you're never sure what you're supposed to say, so you just wing it.
None of that means you're bad at your job. It means nobody taught you this part.
Dalibor Jovic
Director of AI, Tech lead, speaker and educator
I spent 20 years building software and 15 of them leading teams. With over 200 projects, 50+ technical interviews, and work for Jukin Media, HP, Pepsi, Intel and Swarovski. I've studied technical leadership and business at Harvard, the University of Tromsø and through Dale Carnegie.
My strength is combining deep technical skills with leadership and process clarity. I help tech leads enjoy their job again, even when that job wasn't their first choice.
What you get:
What the job actually is
Leading is a different job from writing code, and nobody gives you the spec. How to organize work. What to do. What to stop doing. Run 1-1s.
Someone to ask
Every decision ends with you, and there's nobody around who's done this. You get 20 years of someone who has, on a call, not in a recorded video.
How to delegate
You write code at night because it is easier to fix it, than to explain to the new/old guy. That's a fixable skill, not a personality trait.
Where to start
We will work out where you are actually stuck, and whether I am the right person to help. Twenty minutes. No obligations. If I am not the right fit, I will tell you who is.
Leading a team through AI adoption? That's most of my day job. Bring it to the call.
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