Project Leadership: A Developer’s Take with Zinzan van der Merwe
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Project Leadership: A Developer’s Take with Zinzan van der Merwe
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About this listen
Prost! Wayne Du Toit chats with developer Zinzan van der Merwe to unpack project leadership from the coder’s side. They dive into taking ownership, navigating bad teams, must-have process rituals, and training junior devs—plus how passion and grit keep you from hating your job. Real talk, no fluff, straight from the trenches.
Zinzan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zvdmerwe/
Prost, project success and training (www.prost-app.com)
Chapters
00:01:20 Start
00:01:59 Getting started today
00:11:20 Delivery mindset, balance?
00:13:51 Ownership
00:15:44 Putting forward your opinion
00:20:18 Leadership styles
00:29:50 Leadership style summary
00:31:10 Dev perspective of a PM
00:36:00 PM Ownership
00:37:54 What if the PM/PO is not capable
00:43:16 Project Styles
00:45:24 Waterfall Agile
00:46:40 Transformation to desired state
00:47:27 How much process do you need
00:48:35 Focus Illusion
00:50:45 Must have process rituals
00:54:29 Wayne's must have rituals
00:56:58 3 key rituals
00:58:27 Distributed training junior devs
01:07:30 Swarming
01:09:15 Final thoughts
01:12:00 Leading the journey
01:12:25 How not to hate your job
01:14:51 Zinzan's hot take
01:17:04 Suck it up