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Kirill Shestakov

Definitely feel like having connections, championing processes, facilitating the company culture, being helpful to less experienced developers, etc, are important qualities of a good leader, but I almost feel like all those things also get naturally developed in the lives of all reasonable developers. Developers aren't just code monkeys (hopefully), and they should be trying to get good at all those aspects.

To me (and this is something that you mentioned as well), a leader should stand up for those they lead, say no to the higher-ups if need be, cherish, stand up for and justify good ideas on behalf of their team. They should help their team and take certain burdens away.