#Tech-Lead
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Traits of a Good Tech Lead
The article defines a Tech Lead as the person responsible for a team’s technical direction, focused on architecture, quality, and mentorship, and argues that the role should increase team autonomy rather than become a bottleneck.
Exploring the relationship between Tech Lead and Engineering Manager
The article argues that EM and TL should not split accountability. The EM owns technical direction, while the TL extends the EM’s bandwidth by sharing responsibility for specific decisions and projects.
My first experience as a Tech Lead
The author describes how leadership required him to assess candidates' communication, interest, and context, in addition to code, and how the role moved him away from direct programming.
Why You Need Soft Skills as a Tech Lead
Anemari Fiser argues most technical-sounding problems Tech Leads face are actually people problems, using two real cases to make the point, and lists 7 soft skills to develop.
Avoiding the "Therapist" Trap as a Tech Lead
Anemari Fiser argues Tech Leads who default to solving every team problem burn out and become the sole point of failure; she proposes boundaries, self-check, and guiding instead of fixing.
35 Tech Lead Interview Questions (With Sample Answers)
Indeed's tech lead interview list splits 35 questions into three groups and walks through five sample answers, two of which name a concrete technique (SMART goals, cost research before adopting new tools).