# I’m an Engineer, How Do I Become a Tech Leader?  ## Metadata - Author: [[Adam Dunkley]] - Full Title: I’m an Engineer, How Do I Become a Tech Leader? - Category: #articles - Source: medium - Last Highlighted: 2024-10-30 10:08:52.411307+00:00 - URL: https://medium.com/p/dc7b150def6a ## Highlights - I’m sure if I had pushed back at this stage and said “I’m not very good at prioritising, it’s best if you just give me stuff to work on” I would still have kept my job but I certainly would have stayed a programmer. Instead by choosing to engage with other people and the product I had to learn a new skill, business itself. - Managing people, to me, is where your performance is directly tied to the performance of those people. - You can zoom out at this stage and ask yourself which you are comfortable with, management or mentorship.