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)
tech leads are still technical contributors, not managers (View Highlight)
The context switching can be really difficult as tech lead (View Highlight)
On the worst days, even my best strategies didn’t hold up. I felt frazzled and unfocused (View Highlight)
Ultimately, though, it certainly wears you down. Being the biggest technical contributor while also supporting the team led to burnout for me (View Highlight)
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)
