The tech lead position is great. It is amazing to work with skilled technical people.
The real position that needs to go away are EM1, EM2, Director, Senior Director, Assistant VP, VP, SVP etc.
These positions are mere reporting chains. They have so much free time that they end up playing politics and performance review games. Nothing they do actually benefits the product.
The ideal structure imo is Tech lead reporting directly to a director. It is the directors job to make strategic choices, and tech lead's job to split the work into composable parts that lead to delivery.
Multiple tech leads can work together, under the direction of the director.
All pay, performance, bonus nonsense should be offloaded to an administrative assistant person whose job title is called administrative assistant.
Make the company more technical, not more managerial.
The real position that needs to go away are EM1, EM2, Director, Senior Director, Assistant VP, VP, SVP etc.
These positions are mere reporting chains. They have so much free time that they end up playing politics and performance review games. Nothing they do actually benefits the product.
The ideal structure imo is Tech lead reporting directly to a director. It is the directors job to make strategic choices, and tech lead's job to split the work into composable parts that lead to delivery.
Multiple tech leads can work together, under the direction of the director.
All pay, performance, bonus nonsense should be offloaded to an administrative assistant person whose job title is called administrative assistant.
Make the company more technical, not more managerial.