When you really understand the developer mindset - You can do better Project management! 😊

The cherry on the top would be to learn the mindset from our very own - Varun Nair - Full stack developer, writer and designer. 😎

I had wonderful catchup with Varun Nair on developer mindset, working in startups, the role of project management to help developers achieve goals, life learnings and of course Movies and series :)

Here is the learning:

✔ Day to day development tactics to implement:

✅ The dependency problem of front end and back end developer can be resolved - The secret is - Be a full stack developer. 🙂
✅ When it comes to estimation - make sure you utilize the techniques out there - estimation from solutioning perspective - story points, estimation from development perspective. Experience in different projects always help to have better estimations
✅ Whenever in doubt or can't solve issues - Go to offical forums. Rather than relying on random blogs on internet - Official communities would be life saver for you.
✅ Never stop learning outside your current job role. Learning will keep you going and give you wonders.
✅ The good understanding between teammates play crucial role in delivery of the project. If you can understand and help your teammates better - the chances of resolving issues, delivering requirements would become much easier.
✅ When it comes to project management - having a good repo with developer, understanding their perspective, willingness to help when required - is the key to project success.
✅ The urgent issues in your projects - should not be hijacking your on going sprint - this way you are helping developers also to achieve sprint goals.

✔ Learnings from working in startups and growing companies:

✅ The more you learn, the more you become better.
✅ Networking is the key to get good mentors
✅ Good developer communities can help a lot when working on projects.
✅ Working with seniors can give you much insights to be better at what you do.

😇 Life advice to dear developers out there:

▶ In initial years of career - don't run behind money. Focus on learning as much as you can.
▶ This lesson is my favourite - "Spend first ten years in startups/growing companies, Spend second 10 years in Good companies where you can lead, In next 10 years - build something of your own"


Apart from being developer, Varun Nair has written 200 poems. Creativity is his forte when it comes to development, writing and designing. Thank you Varun for sharing amazing insights. 🙌