Some things I wonder about: - You've done better at other companies – so why were you hired in the position you have now? Aren't you overqualified? - The evid

Some things I wonder about: - You've done better at other companies – so why were you hired in the position you have now? Aren't you overqualified? - The evidence you provide for him being terrible isn't totally sound (The team is a mess, lots of silos, morale is low, difficulty in meeting commitments); could there be other factors here? Perhaps he's overloaded by his superiors? - Is the company successful despite his shortcomings? Does his team succeed more than it fails? - What makes you sure you've done better? I think close to half of the devs (or more) that I've worked with have had issues with their team leads and thought they could do better. It's never that simple. For example, I was with a company once and the CTO was really struggling to manage individual wants and needs, began offloading sprint management to new team leads, and everyone thought he was really shitting the bed. It turned out he was working with some security auditors to get many of our systems vetted and ready for some high profile customers who had very strict, extensive requirements. The customers were bringing millions into our company and the CTO was making it happen, and everyone just assumed he was totally blowing it (rather than just wanting to help the guy out). He was also working on making us GDPR compliant at the time. What's your tech lead struggling with exactly? It could be legitimate.