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Re:Common Mistakes of New Engineering Managers by airhead969 on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @02:06PM (#26494803)
Technical leads should be helping ICs. It doesn't always have to be the manager in particular.
Re:Common Mistakes of New Engineering Managers by humanlion87 on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @03:13PM (#26495614)
I think it depends on how each org or company defines its team structure and the responsibilities of the different roles. We don't have a separate tech lead role in our team.

Even so, wouldn't a tech lead be focused only on technical aspects. Say if I want feedback on some customer interaction I had or maybe regarding a meeting I ran, it is not the role of the tech lead to do so I think.

Re:Common Mistakes of New Engineering Managers by airhead969 on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @03:24PM (#26495736)
Many companies want to save a buck and figure their best talent can become good-enough managers and still be that technical lead. It rarely works out.