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001: Roles and Responsibilities: What is the difference between a lead developer, an architect, a project manager, and an engineering manager?

May 16, 2021

A question about what different job titles commonly found in software project teams mean:

What is the difference between a lead developer, an architect, a project manager, and an engineering manager?

 

The episode contains answers like:

- why the meanings are not always precisely defined

- what a lead developer does

- if a software architect should write code

- the project manager's priorities

- how the role of an engineering varies between different types of companies