Team Lead: Dead End or Fork in the Road? We Examine Seven Career Paths

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This article explores seven career paths available to engineering team leads and frames the team-lead role as either a dead end or a branching point. It compares moves into C-level leadership, CTO roles, DevRel, product management, and other management tracks. The piece also includes survey-style figures and examples from software companies and conference discussions to illustrate how professionals think about the role. It is aimed at helping technical managers decide whether to deepen people management, shift into strategy, or return to more technical work.

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