What I Learnt Becoming a Tech Lead

Re:What I Learnt Becoming a Tech Lead by geoduck14 on Saturday September 18, 2021 @08:45AM (#28575783)

>If they succeed, then you will almost certainly be unable or unwilling to pay them what some other similar company would pay them now that they have proven their ability as a lead. They will stick around for a while, but once something starts to go wrong anywhere on their team or in the company (and it will) they'll realize that it's probably going to be several years before there's any potential to climb the ladder any further, and they start to sniff around for what they should be making, and you'll lose them.

Oh wow. This was the EXACT thing to happen to me.

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Re:What I Learnt Becoming a Tech Lead by cornel_io on Sunday September 19, 2021 @10:38PM (#28589899)

This has happened to me twice as well, which is why I raised it. I've also seen it happen to people I've promoted and was unable to get up to market rate, who I had extremely honest conversations with as they became disillusioned and ultimately supported as they left for greener pastures, and that's when I realized it's a systemic problem. I'm not being cynical or scheme-ey bringing this up at all, it's just the (bigco, mostly) reality, and directors need to be aware of it.

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Re:What I Learnt Becoming a Tech Lead by cloche on Saturday September 18, 2021 @10:17AM (#28576458)

Haha, this also happened to me.

Although in my defense, I was actually thinking of leaving the company before becoming lead. In fact I probably stayed longer than I would have otherwise due to the opportunity.

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