# What it meant for me to give away my Lego

DevFeed: [What it meant for me to give away my Lego](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/what-it-meant-for-me-to-give-away-my-lego-11786.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://incident.io/blog/giving-away-my-legos>)

Author: Lisa Karlin Curtis

Published: 2023-03-29T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [The incident.io Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/the-incident-io-blog.md>)

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

Tags: [company](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/company.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [incident](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/incident.md>), [incident-channel](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/incident-channel.md>), [incident-management](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/incident-management.md>), [incident-response](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/incident-response.md>), [leadership](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/leadership.md>), [outage](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/outage.md>), [post-mortem](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/post-mortem.md>), [slack-incident](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/slack-incident.md>), [tech-lead](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tech-lead.md>)

## AI overview

A personal account of becoming a Tech Lead while covering product and engineering management responsibilities at an early-stage startup, then transitioning those responsibilities to new hires. The article shares lessons about transferring context, splitting ownership, setting expectations, delegating incrementally, and helping new leaders gain confidence through scoped wins.

## Source excerpt

If you join an early-stage startup, you'll probably have to give away your Lego one day. Here's what I learned when I had to part with mine.