A few days ago I wrote an essay about my career path for one educational program. It made me reflect a bit on career choices I've made.
I became a teamlead very quickly. The term
techlead was not popular that time, but I usually combined both roles. And I spent more than 10 years on this position. Do you think I got stuck?
Actually, I don't think so. It was my decision to stop on this level.
The reason is that I really enjoyed being a teamlead\techlead: research new technologies, develop products, apply engineering practices to solve operational problems and, of course, build something significant and valuable with the team, something that is not possible to build on your own.
During these years I grew up mostly in width extending my technical expertise and team management skills. And the last 5 years were the most amazing and interesting from that perspective in my career.
What I want to say: you don’t always have to chase a new title or position. If you’re not ready to get more responsibility right now, it's fine. Sometimes, it’s enough just to enjoy your work and have fun with it 😎.
This year I finally moved to another level of technical leadership - head of division. I'm now responsible for management, architecture and roadmap across six teams with around 50+ people. And I really feel I'm ready for it now. But this is an another story 😉.
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