Title: 	Before becoming a team lead, I was the type of developer who, when given a task, would dig into the application api&#x27;s, the database schema, the configuration, whatever it took to fill in the gaps to accomplish the task. Sure I&#x27;d get stumped sometimes, but I&#x27;d always try to ask for help sooner rather than later.<p>Now, I&#x27;m a lead of 4 developers. Two are like I was, I can give them a task, they&#x27;ll go do it with minimal guidance. The other two will spend hugely more time on tasks. I&#x27;ve notice they tend to go off on tangents, spending time things that aren&#x27;t relevant, like setting up vm envirnoments they don&#x27;t need when they can develop and test locally. There have been occassions when they have asked me for help, and then a week later come back with the same question as though we had never talked about it.<p>It&#x27;s baffling to me, it&#x27;s like they&#x27;re &quot;scatterbrained&quot;, ie not focused or concentrated. How does one manage people like this?
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