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Hi,

2 reflexive post in a row . sorry about this, are the result of what happened to me on the last days

i bring a complicated subject today. there are people who lead and people who follow, has been like this from the beginning of the time, when our ancestors lived in the jungle or whatever, there has been always someone that have marked the path to follow and those who followed that path.

how this is related to development? well, it can help you to figure out how to reach a position on a company or even help you to decide what to do with your career, or just help you to be a better person, ergo, a better dev. also could help to managers to determine the potential and role of the employees, to optimize their work.

first of all, let define the roles:

Leader

the leader is the one who have defined a direction, a path to follow, that can or not know how to transit that path, but is determined to figure out how to do it. have the enough self determination and self confident that what he thinks is right, but at the same time, should be able to listen their surrounding and take decide accordingly.also a leader is able to recognize their errors and take the decision to fix them.the leader can be nice with their subordinates and transmit to them security and trust but at the same time, have respected with them and draw line that separated both classes whiteout needing of fear and in a polite way. the most important skill of the leader is that they can keep a cold head and take objective decisions and do not regret them even if they are incorrect.

Follower

The good follower will follow, but also will high his voice in case see something wrong or can say something useful. the follower need to realize that is part of a engine, that is the fuel of that engine and should be responsible of his acts and attitudes, why is what the leader expect from him. the follower should have initiative, trying to be a perfect his skills and always be useful, be the fuel for the engine that the leader will use to transit the path. this should not sound like the follower need to be something like  a slave, need to be the opposite, need to be a constructive asset  to the organization.

all of this could sound too philosophic but i’m getting to a point here that is the following:

Nor the leader or the follower are more important between them, one could not exist whiteout the other, and complemented to build something bigger, a organization.

my personal opinion is that you need to born as a leader, you cannot convert into one, and vice-versa. and you need to know that  you are not more or less important if you are a leader or a follower (is what i tried to say earlier), but is important that you know what you are, to focus on that and don’t waste yours and other resource in something that you will never be.is possible that you are a leader or a follower and do not know it, it’s a matter of look in yourself, be sincere, review your past, present and future, try to review your way of thinking the stuff and evaluate your decision on stress situations that you could have on the past, when you needed to take decisions  (and if you didn’t have one, create it). to determine who you are, is just a journey of self honesty.

no matter what you are, if you know who you are and what is your place in the world, you will find the answer at your questions.

so, you are a follower or a leader?

Regards,

Shadow.