Are Tech Leads overrated senior software engineers?

🧐 Exploring the role of a Tech Lead.
📜 Tech Lead: Not just a designation, but a responsibility.
🌐 Role varies across organizations.
🧠 Providing technical expertise to engineers.
🚀 Focusing on execution and finding solutions.
🧭 Guiding engineers, not just providing answers.
📚 Upskilling team members in depth and breadth.
🚩 Raising red flags when resources aren't in place.
🗣 Communication is key, not just coding.
🛤 Tech Lead role: A pivotal point in one's career.

00:00:01 - Introduction to the Tech Lead role.
00:00:07 - Differentiating between designation and role.
00:00:21 - Primary responsibilities of a Tech Lead.
00:01:07 - The importance of execution and mentoring.
00:02:07 - Translating feature design into tasks.
00:03:02 - Upskilling and diving deeper into languages.
00:04:21 - Providing inputs to engineering execution.
00:05:16 - Communication as a core responsibility.
00:05:36 - The Tech Lead role as a career inflection point.

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