Resources for learning to code are everywhere. The only hard part is choosing one. But when it comes to learning how to lead a development team, quality resources are incredibly scarce.

This course fills that gap. It contains all of the lessons I learned while building the dev team at Tighten, a Laravel consultancy known for producing great work, but with an even better reputation as a fantastic place to work.

0:00 Introduction
0:41 How to Create a Healthy Developer Culture 21:17 How to Lay the Groundwork for Developer Productivity
32:22 How to Structure the Positions of a Development Team
46:57 How to Hire Developers 1:02:36 How to Manage Developers 1:15:58 How to Set Up Code Process on a Development Team 1:34:53 How to Set Up Task Process on a Development Team 1:50:48 How to Manage the Dev Team's Relationship With the Rest of the Organization 2:06:13 How to Estimate Development Work 2:18:53 How to Manage a Development Team's Finances 2:34:00 Common Mistakes We See on Development Teams

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You may also watch this series for free on Laracasts.com.

https://laracasts.com/series/how-to-build-a-dev-team

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