Ask HN: Suggestion for new team lead

[aforarnold]

To sum up, I got promotion last year and currently leading 4 people developers team.

My workdays has changed a lot, mostly preparing design docs, code reviews, creating and reviewing tasks.

I miss building features, writing codes. At the beginning it was fun but now a days I am getting bored.

My manager is happy with my role and so on.

Am I doing something wrong? How can I avoid being bored and do coding day to day not compromising my lead role.

Thanks in advance.

[JSeymourATL]

> How can I avoid being bored...

Build time blocks into your day to acquire new knowledge, innovate & encourage creativity, establish new alliances. On this subject, Goldsmith is superb> http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13236274-paid-to-think

[aforarnold]

Excellent suggestion. Will read it for sure.

Can you tell me how this book has impacted you?

[JSeymourATL]

I read it for the first time only 6 months ago. Its become a go-to reference book on my desk, tremendous source of ideas on any number of recent projects.