What makes a Great Team Lead with Rustam Alashrafov

Connect with Rustam: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rustama Full episode on YouTube ▶️ https://youtu.be/gmcmBJOAzXI New episodes every Wednesday with our host ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠🎙Patrick Akil⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!   Big shoutout to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Xebia⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for sponsoring this episode! OUTLINE:00:00:00 - Intro00:00:20 - Twice as Fit00:03:04 - Saints & Stars gym00:04:45 - Best time to work out00:06:43 - Nervous in front of camera's00:09:45 - Progress over perfection00:10:45 - What makes a great team lead00:13:58 - The most stressful weekend in Russtam's life00:16:10 - Everyone makes mistakes00:17:51 - The importance of leadership00:18:44 - Code monkeys00:20:51 - People problems00:21:28 - Rustam is creating team lead case study videos00:22:28 - Patrick's biggest career fuck-up00:25:08 - Safe environments to learn and make mistakes00:26:15 - Big feeling of relief00:27:07 - High sense of ownership and responsibility00:28:05 - Worry, dread and shame00:29:49 - Rustam is a perfectionist00:30:48 - Mistakes make better software engineers00:32:22 - Leadership and perspective00:34:08 - Combining leadership and technology00:36:09 - Great tech/team leads00:38:19 - Brilliant jerks00:42:28 - Never split the difference00:45:05 - Negotiating with familiy00:47:19 - Finding common ground00:48:45 - The safest environment00:51:53 - Digesting audio books00:54:13 - Books have similar concepts00:56:34 - Rounding off