# Lessons learned being a lead developer

DevFeed: [Lessons learned being a lead developer](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/lessons-learned-being-a-lead-developer-28684.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://jeroenmols.com/blog/2019/08/06/lessonsleaddeveloper/>)

Author: info@jeroenmols.com (Jeroen Mols)

Published: 2019-08-06T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Jeroen Mols](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/jeroen-mols.md>)

Topics: [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>), [LineageOS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/lineageos.md>), [App](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/app.md>), [Refactoring](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/refactoring.md>), [Tech Debt](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tech-debt.md>), [Kotlin](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kotlin.md>), [RxJava](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/rxjava.md>)

Tags: [android](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android.md>), [app](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/app.md>), [architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/architecture.md>), [blogs](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/blogs.md>), [developer](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer.md>), [development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/development.md>), [kotlin](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kotlin.md>), [lessonslearned](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/lessonslearned.md>), [pull-requests](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/pull-requests.md>), [refactoring](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/refactoring.md>), [rxjava](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/rxjava.md>), [software-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software-engineering.md>), [team-lead](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/team-lead.md>), [tech-debt](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tech-debt.md>)

## AI overview

A lead Android developer at Philips Hue reflects on leading a component team while remaining a hands-on developer. The article discusses team responsibilities, a poorly structured and highly coupled codebase, Android technology changes, slow and unstable builds, and difficulties integrating large pull requests.

## Source excerpt

Three years ago, we decided ramp up internal app development at Philips Hue. After interviewing candidates (78!) for six months, I became the lead Android developer of the freshly hired Android team.