# Taking over the Tech Lead role in your current team

DevFeed: [Taking over the Tech Lead role in your current team](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/taking-over-the-tech-lead-role-in-your-current-team-18074.md>)

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Author: Anemari Fiser

Published: 2024-10-24T06:01:40Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Level up as a Tech Lead](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/level-up-as-a-tech-lead.md>)

Topics: [Tech Lead](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tech-lead.md>), [Support](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/support.md>)

Tags: [communication](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/communication.md>), [leadership](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/leadership.md>), [process](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/process.md>), [project](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/project.md>), [shadowing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/shadowing.md>), [team](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/team.md>), [teams](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/teams.md>), [tech-lead](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tech-lead.md>)

## AI overview

An account of transitioning into a Tech Lead role after the previous lead rolled off a project. The transition used a two-month plan involving shadowing, handover sessions, gradually taking over meetings and decisions, and assuming difficult stakeholder conversations. The author identifies the lack of clear communication to the team as the main thing they would change.

## Source excerpt

Diving into one of the most common pathways to the Tech Lead role.