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> The problem I see with this role though - we (I am the one for analytics and one of the TLs for Data Infrastructure at Snap) have to handle 20-25 hours of mee
by sequoia 7y ago
> The problem I see with this role though - we (I am the one for analytics and one of the TLs for Data Infrastructure at Snap) have to handle 20-25 hours of meetings around all these coordination AND ensure some work gets done in your own area so that you are in touch with the code bases you are fiddling with.
If you figure out the answer to this PLEASE share it with me. This describes my current role; whenever I focus on one aspect (eg actually writing a few lines of code) the other (keeping up with planning) suffers.
My suspicion is that “tech lead” in this context basically means “manager,” but employers know many devs are scared of the word manager, so we have the highly ambiguous “tech lead” title, which allows dev managers to be in denial about their actual role.