> there’s the concept of the ‘tech lead manager’ which is supposed to be 50% programming and 50% people management – in my experience it doesn’t work well in th

> there’s the concept of the ‘tech lead manager’ which is supposed to be 50% programming and 50% people management – in my experience it doesn’t work well in the long run I discovered this organically as I grew into an engineering manager role that lasted about 8 years. Software companies in the US though expect the opposite to the point where I found it better to return to an individual contributor role and am now wondering how my own truths about the role can be so different from the norm...