To be or not to be a Technical Lead
Time: Wednesday 20th March 10:15-10:45
Room: Doric
Track: People & Culture
As a developer, it's easier to stay in your lane and keep working on the code, and with the natural progression, you go from a junior developer to a senior developer. But what's next after this journey?
This talk takes a deep dive into the next steps of a developer's career. A role that doesn't involve being a full-time coder. A role in which you have to talk to some non-technical people. A role where you have to think about the bigger picture. A role where you get to help new developers. A role where you get to form the direction of a new software. How do you stay relevant with current technology? How do you not keep reinventing the wheel and how do you reinvent the wheel?
This talk takes a deep dive into the next steps of a developer's career. A role that doesn't involve being a full-time coder. A role in which you have to talk to some non-technical people. A role where you have to think about the bigger picture. A role where you get to help new developers. A role where you get to form the direction of a new software. How do you stay relevant with current technology? How do you not keep reinventing the wheel and how do you reinvent the wheel?
Speakers
Jibran Ijaz
Jibran is a telecommunication engineer after working as an engineer for three years he switched to web development and soon started developing Drupal sites. He has been working with Drupal since 2010. He likes problem-solving that's why he loves contributing to Drupal Core and Contrib. He is the top Drupal core contributor from Pakistan. He has more than 500 commit mentions in Drupal core. He also maintains the Contact and Shortcuts modules in Drupal 8/9/10 core. He is the maintainer of several contributed modules for Drupal 8/9/10. Jibran has vast experience in technically leading Drupal projects. He has built and supported large Government site s for the last five years. His areas of interest are website security, performance, and optimization.