I got promoted to tech lead. Now what? (programming.dev)

submitted 1 year ago by kris@programming.dev to c/experienced_devs@programming.dev

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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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[-] BohunkG4mer@lemmy.world 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.

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