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At a certain point in your career, you'll start finding that the current TL you'd be joining often doesn't have the same context as you do. It can be threatening for junior leadership to onboard someone who has extra capabilities beyond what they do, and a big part of your job in these situations is to rock the boat...slowly.

Bear in mind, many TLs are in their current role by virtue of having a good idea, supportive management, trust of their team and good/lucky execution. This combination of activities can easily mean that you have a great up and coming TL with ~3 years of experience. Management may be bringing in more senior talent as the upscaling product requires it, but that doesn't mean you start with the same trust, management support, ideas, or in-house knowledge as the TL.

In such a situation, setting out to prove that you can outsmart the junior TL as your first contribution seems suspect...

Bear in mind that often successful companies, have many inexperienced leaders due to growth.




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