Engineering management is more than just operational and people issues. If you don't think you could contribute to design discussions, code reviews, and broader

Engineering management is more than just operational and people issues. If you don't think you could contribute to design discussions, code reviews, and broader architecture discussions at the same level as a team lead you probably aren't ready to manage engineers. That isn't impostor syndrome; it's a recognition of the fact that as an EM you'll have to do that.