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1. 1. Talking With Tech Leads

   From One-on-One to Mentoring and Career Development

   

   A practical guide for engineers stepping into or working with tech lead roles, offering conversation templates, frameworks and real-world examples to handle one-on-ones, performance reviews, career development, stakeholder communication, hiring, and conflict resolution. It emphasizes listening, asking the right questions, framing technical discussions, and building trust while balancing coding and leadership responsibilities. The book includes checklists, sample scripts and advice for difficult conversations to help align teams, set expectations and grow influence without formal authority.