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We love to say this, and it makes the techie inside feel good, but then why are there so many good devs and so few great leads?
by winphone1974 5y ago
We love to say this, and it makes the techie inside feel good, but then why are there so many good devs and so few great leads?
- LAC-Tech 5y agoHmm. Maybe I'm just a mediocre maintenance dev but a decent tech lead. I went back to being a dev afterwards, and I was shocked by how much harder I found it. I'll say one mistake is to have a tech lead that spends most of their time coding. I don't know how you can do everything else effectively if the company still relies on you to deliver code.
- mjhagen 5y agoI'm facing this right now, but I enjoy coding so much more. It's a hard choice, but I'm leaning towards going back to coding full time. Worse career choice, but better for my sanity, I think.
- buu700 5y agoA possible explanation is that leading a team effectively isn't necessarily more difficult, but rather that it might be less pleasant and/or less financially advantageous than being either an individual contributor or an ineffective team leader.
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