What does leadership in tech actually look like behind the job title? The more I learn about management roles, the more I realize they involve far more than meetings and status updates. Between mentoring, training, removing blockers, managing projects, handling stakeholders, and responding to unexpected priorities, the workload can extend well beyond normal working hours. Has seeing the reality of leadership changed your long term career goals?

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Well first you come in around 10am, stare at your phone to check stocks for the next hour, plan lunch until about noon, take a 2 hour lunch, then pack up for your tee time at 3.

The employees constantly sending you crap via email and asking for help all the time really gets in the way of regularly scheduled massages.

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I needed that laugh. I know that's satire, but honestly, some days it feels like that's how people see management.

I seen so many in management or leadership positions that are not good leaders. The best leaders that I seen are people that don’t have official titles that work alongside people. My two best managers were remote from me. They trusted the group to work among themselves and were there to back people up if they had an issue they couldn’t resolve.

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That's been my experience too, the best leaders I've had weren't the ones with the fanciest titles. They were the ones who trusted the team and had our backs. That kind of leadership is rare and honestly makes me think more about staying on the individual contributor path than chasing a title.

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