Leadership has no compiler. Decisions take months to play out, and your memory will lie to you in the meantime. If you want to get better, you need a feedback loop that leadership doesn’t give you by default.
Networking feels gross because most of it is transactional. The best opportunities don’t come from strangers. They come from people who actually like you.
Most leadership work does not look like leadership while you are doing it. This piece explores the quiet, often invisible responsibilities that define technical leadership long before outcomes become visible.
The tech lead role often feels harder than expected, not because you’re failing, but because the job quietly changes. This piece explores why that shift feels so disorienting and what actually helps.
