Re:Ask HN: Change career way – to what?
by bsvalley on Tuesday May 23, 2017 @03:00PM
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Team lead in the tech world means technically more advanced in the related topic. The skills that you mentioned are very good skills for this kind of roles but they come later on. To become a tech lead in our world you have to show off your technical skills to get promoted. Then when you have the title, you get to learn about leading a team, etc. I'd suggest looking at product management, it's about leading a product and cross functional teams without being their direct report. Which requires the skills that you mentioned (on top of a zillion other skills of course), but they are more desirable for a PM than a tech lead regarding a potential switch.
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A really good idea. The first part is what I think is not good at the moment. You do something good (develping stuff) and because of that you get promoted and do less of it and more of stuff you are maybe not that great at. PM is definitly something I woll look into, thanks!