Types of Tech Leads

“Ask 3 Tech Leads about their role and you might hear 3 different answers.

They all might be right.”

Working with Tech Leads from different companies, I noticed that the expectations on the Tech Lead role differ from company to company but there are a few key elements everyone agrees on:

The Tech Lead is a software engineer

responsible for leading a development team

and accountable for the technical deliverables of that team.

This puts Tech Leads right at the intersection between people, tech and business.

The difference comes from what area Tech Leads focus more on.

Based on this, there are different types of Tech Leads:

“The Tech Lead is the most technical person in the team”

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