Personally, I don't think so. I'm still young and probably still naive about a lot of things, but I think the best leaders, in my own experience, have been thos

Personally, I don't think so. I'm still young and probably still naive about a lot of things, but I think the best leaders, in my own experience, have been those who didn't want the position, who used to be engineers themselves. You may have an insight someone with an MBA might not, and unless you're performing poorly according to your companies guidelines, I wouldn't say you're incompetent. while you may have been promoted beyond your skill set, you can always develop more skills, and as I said, you may have insights that someone else might not see, you'll have more rapport with those you manage because you once worked among them, and I think, since you're stressed, you might care more than someone who was hired off the street. Maybe you're a great leader _because_ you're stressed by important decisions and responsibility?