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I think your wording could confuse people. I am a lead in the context of my company, as there are a few different leads. But each of us is the only lead of our

I think your wording could confuse people. I am a lead in the context of my company, as there are a few different leads. But each of us is the only lead of our own team. So if you asked me, I’d probably say “I’m one of our leads”, because the company has several teams which serve different functions. But I am the singular tech lead of my team. Had no idea that a team would have multiple leads, wouldn’t have even crossed my mind to disambiguate that for you, and I’m guessing that same confusion has happened with others

happytoexplain 4y ago
Having multiple people on the same team with "lead" in their title, with no clear definition of what they are leading, is in fact a phenomenon I have seen in practice. I am aware of one major company that simply promotes everybody from "senior software developer" to "lead software developer" at a certain point, with no regard for how many people have that title on each team. In practice, the lead position seems to be more like what is called senior in other companies.