Promoted from Dev to Team Lead

Spending 50% of my time priority-setting and other things no one told me before I accepted a promotion to team lead.

languid_nucleus48 109 points

Actually pretty good advice. Dev promotions can kill careers if you don't know some of this stuff.

binarypie 36 points

I was a programmer's programmer... Then one day someone asked me to be a manager.... Fast forward 15 years and I'm one of the most hands on keyboard senior leadership you've probably ever met. The secret here is that not a day goes by that I don't wonder if I choose wrong. I can't go back now.... I know how the sausage is made. But yet.. I wonder

https://old.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/13yo3xp/spending_50_of_my_time_prioritysetting_and_other

Promoted from Dev to Team Lead: 8 Things They Didn’t Tell Me

When I was promoted to Dev Team Lead, I was in over my head. Read the 8 things that I wish someone had told me when I was promoted.

https://devinterrupted.substack.com/p/promoted-from-dev-to-team-lead-8

I know how the sausage is made. But yet.. I wonder

Wonder about what exactly?

We have met the enemy, and he is us.

https://devinterrupted.substack.com/p/promoted-from-dev-to-team-lead-8

Beware hidden promotional content.