The unexpected learnings of a first-time tech lead

Give yourself time to get a handle on how to make decisions, delegate, lean into feedback, and rely on the flexible support of your engineering and product managers.

As an engineer who is primarily responsible for shipping code, taking the step towards technical leadership can be daunting. Every organization has its own spin on what it means to be a tech lead, as will you, and navigating this on the fly can be difficult.

In January, we launched a new team to build out our “Status Pages” product. This was the first time we’d split out a new team to create a totally greenfield product.

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