Interview question: What percentage of your time should you put into coding?
I just completed a team lead developer interview. One question that I wasn't prepared to answer was "How much time will you allot with coding".
At that time, I said 60% because I would still like to get my hands dirty and learn new technologies. Then spend the rest of the time managing the team.
Is this the correct answer for a person aspiring to be a team leader? What should be the correct response for this question? Is it better for the team lead to let go of all his coding tasks?
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I just completed a team lead developer interview. One question that I wasn't prepared to answer was "How much time will you allot with coding".
At that time, I said 60% because I would still like to get my hands dirty and learn new technologies. Then spend the rest of the time managing the team.
Is this the correct answer for a person aspiring to be a team leader? What should be the correct response for this question? Is it better for the team lead to let go of all his coding tasks?
career-development
asked 10 mins ago
niccolo m.niccolo m.
489146
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I just completed a team lead developer interview. One question that I wasn't prepared to answer was "How much time will you allot with coding".
At that time, I said 60% because I would still like to get my hands dirty and learn new technologies. Then spend the rest of the time managing the team.
Is this the correct answer for a person aspiring to be a team leader? What should be the correct response for this question? Is it better for the team lead to let go of all his coding tasks?
career-development
asked 10 mins ago
niccolo m.niccolo m.
489146
I just completed a team lead developer interview. One question that I wasn't prepared to answer was "How much time will you allot with coding".
At that time, I said 60% because I would still like to get my hands dirty and learn new technologies. Then spend the rest of the time managing the team.
Is this the correct answer for a person aspiring to be a team leader? What should be the correct response for this question? Is it better for the team lead to let go of all his coding tasks?
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career-development
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niccolo m.niccolo m.
489146
asked 10 mins ago
niccolo m.niccolo m.
489146
asked 10 mins ago
niccolo m.niccolo m.
489146
asked 10 mins ago
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489146
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It hugely depends on the business. In a highly regulated business like automotive, coding is 20% or less of the total work.
In a web-development project using Agile, coding may be as high as 80%, especially during the initial part of the project.
It also depends on the role and on the exact activities. If you need to do a lot of hiring as a team lead, you may not have the physical time to code at all - maybe you will have the time to attend some reviews.
So the question is not good from the start - not in the sense that there is one good answer to rule them all.
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It hugely depends on the business. In a highly regulated business like automotive, coding is 20% or less of the total work.
In a web-development project using Agile, coding may be as high as 80%, especially during the initial part of the project.
It also depends on the role and on the exact activities. If you need to do a lot of hiring as a team lead, you may not have the physical time to code at all - maybe you will have the time to attend some reviews.
So the question is not good from the start - not in the sense that there is one good answer to rule them all.
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It hugely depends on the business. In a highly regulated business like automotive, coding is 20% or less of the total work.
In a web-development project using Agile, coding may be as high as 80%, especially during the initial part of the project.
It also depends on the role and on the exact activities. If you need to do a lot of hiring as a team lead, you may not have the physical time to code at all - maybe you will have the time to attend some reviews.
So the question is not good from the start - not in the sense that there is one good answer to rule them all.
answered 7 mins ago
virolinovirolino
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It hugely depends on the business. In a highly regulated business like automotive, coding is 20% or less of the total work.
In a web-development project using Agile, coding may be as high as 80%, especially during the initial part of the project.
It also depends on the role and on the exact activities. If you need to do a lot of hiring as a team lead, you may not have the physical time to code at all - maybe you will have the time to attend some reviews.
So the question is not good from the start - not in the sense that there is one good answer to rule them all.
answered 7 mins ago
virolinovirolino
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It hugely depends on the business. In a highly regulated business like automotive, coding is 20% or less of the total work.
In a web-development project using Agile, coding may be as high as 80%, especially during the initial part of the project.
It also depends on the role and on the exact activities. If you need to do a lot of hiring as a team lead, you may not have the physical time to code at all - maybe you will have the time to attend some reviews.
So the question is not good from the start - not in the sense that there is one good answer to rule them all.
answered 7 mins ago
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