How To Lead As A Developer

…without having the senior title

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The Story

Some years ago in Brussels at a Christmas party, during a one-to-one with my team lead, I asked him a question that had been on my mind for a while.

At the time I was working towards a promotion to the mid-level developer role and so I asked, “What else do I need to do to move forward?”. My code…