In the Divergent Tech Lead post I talked about a number of different interpretations of what a Tech Lead means. Since the role is by no means straightforward – you may need to develop different skills depending on your current team.

In my journey I have focused a lot on gaining specialized Domain Knowledge, building up Technical expertise, working on effective Team organisation & Planning, and perhaps most importantly clear & comprehensive communication. Let’s have a closer look at what all these really mean.

Some time ago I decided to do a little research in an attempt to figure out which are the most often requested skills that a Tech Lead is expected to have. If you are interested in that post, it’s here.

Back then I was not surprised to see that there isn’t a universal set of skills that a Tech Lead is expected to have. Quite the opposite actually, different people perceive the role in different ways and have quite different expectations. This has led me in a definition I call the Divergent Tech Lead. But let’s start from the beginning …

But how can we know? The easiest way to get an insight of what the companies expect from their Tech Leads is to have a look at their job postings. So off we go to create our data set of job postings for Tech leads !