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Really love the pointed out importance of soft skills in Tech Leads. It can get overwhelming quickly for engineers with just tech skills. Many things to manage: influencing others, facilitating meetings, managing expectations etc. Great article!

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Thank you, Gregor!

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Amazing read, I love this, I'm usually inspired to lead a team and leave an impact. Now I am GDSC Web lead and MLSA at my school. I appreciate Irina for sharing her journey.

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Thank you, Cornelius! Glad you enjoyed it!

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Great issue!! Congratulations 👏👏🎉

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Thank you!

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This

"doesn’t mean you have to be the expert in everything"

This is something that "depends" of the company, in my opinion. I've seen some companies that ask the opposite to Tech Leads

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Amazing read! There is so much information about what tech lead is and compared to the other levels it causes a lot confusion. Thanks for clearing some of it here.

Thanks for sharing your journey. It’s inspiring 😊

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Thank you Omsai!

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Amazing! Thanks a bunch, Irina, for sharing this with us. I strongly believe that making the move into a Tech Lead role is the key to making a real impact in this industry.

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