I find this to be very true. I often end up being a strong advocate for my fellow developers who are less forward in retros, meetings, etc. I had a team lead say once that I reminded him of a quote about being a leader without being THE leader. I was surprised. I just want people to be heard and and level up. It was a very nice compliment.
Your actions speak louder than your title. That's something I believe 100%.
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This is fun because I asked this exact question to the developer tea podcast
... in 2015.
wow, time flies like an arrow
Jonathan Cutrell who is a great leader taught me among other things that good leaders are not people who know everything.
Great leaders are like Socrates who knows only one thing: that they knows nothing apart from asking great questions
Ask Great Questions: Leadership Skills Of Socrates
And even more importantly Jonathan Cutrell told me that you don't need and you shouldn't wait to have a leader position to lead.
It doesn't matter much that you call yourself "a writer", it matters only that you write books.
It doesn't matter that you have a leader position, don't wait for that to happen, if you feel like it, start leading today.
The episode and the transcript are available here
developertea.com/episodes/1bc6f085...
I find this to be very true. I often end up being a strong advocate for my fellow developers who are less forward in retros, meetings, etc. I had a team lead say once that I reminded him of a quote about being a leader without being THE leader. I was surprised. I just want people to be heard and and level up. It was a very nice compliment.
Your actions speak louder than your title. That's something I believe 100%.