I got promoted to tech lead. Now what? - eviltoast

Now have direct reports under me. No idea wtf I’m doing, I guess I did a good job? Any advice you have for me?

  • manitcor@lemmy.intai.tech
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    1 year ago

    get the lay of the land first, talk to others in your role at your org, there are in-house politics to contend with and you need to learn when and where to standup for/aginst things like your teams personal time or a unreasonable deadline.

    • BohunkG4mer@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      A lot of what I have to do as Tech Lead is this ☝️ Deciding what the devs can reasonably do and what has to be pushed back. Also a lot of translations from manager/higher-up musings into actual requirements via making them up myself.