## Metadata - Author:: [[bennett-garner|Bennett Garner]] - Full Title:: The “Tech Lead” Title Is Turmoil. Is It Worth It? - Category:: #🗞️Articles - URL:: https://medium.com/developer-purpose/is-the-turmoil-of-tech-lead-worth-it-913378d7b894 - Finished date:: [[2022-12-14]] ## Highlights - Tech lead” is an add-on title ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01gm7v4y7rj4nyzqberdz5g6fc)) - tech leads do not do the work of engineering managers. While they’re responsible for the team’s technical output, they do not control salaries, performance reviews, hiring, etc. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01gm7v58y3v46c5yaw694mt6zw)) - tech leads are still technical contributors, not managers ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01gm7v649e6vqf1qpwdgbrhhh9)) - The context switching can be really difficult as tech lead ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01gm7vbq2rfb8a5wk6x001vjz4)) - On the worst days, even my best strategies didn’t hold up. I felt frazzled and unfocused ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01gm7vbxjfc27zq6hjen98408y)) - Ultimately, though, it certainly wears you down. Being the biggest technical contributor while also supporting the team led to [[burnout|Burnout]] for me ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01gm7vd49knswggv3j8r30y319)) - I also had a decent relationship with a new engineering manager overseeing our team. But of course he was so new to the company, still learning his own role, to be much of a support to me. In fact, adding a new manager proved to create more work for me, since my teammates had challenges with him. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01gm7vdypajkw81m5xfmx031fr))