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I got promoted to tech lead. Now what? (self.experienced_devs)

submitted 1 year ago by kris to c/experienced_devs

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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?

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 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.