Think High-Level, Plan Long-Term

As a software engineer, it's way too easy to get lost in the weeds, fixating on details that ultimately don't matter. As a tech lead, you need to avoid rabbit holes like the plague. This lesson teaches you:

• The overall mindset tech leads must have when planning through and executing a project
• What it actually means to see the forest, not just the trees, with a detailed example from Jocelin's past
• How to own the overarching goal behind a project or workstream
• How to thoroughly think through dependencies