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Alex Ptakhin
Alex is a software engineer with technical and engineering management experience from startups to middle-sized and big-tech companies. Loves creating friendly and effective team processes.
Purpose: What I Learned from Stepping Down as Team Lead Twice
TechLead Conference 2023
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8 min
Purpose: What I Learned from Stepping Down as Team Lead Twice
I know developers feel doubts of choosing the IC role over a manager or vice versa. I'll tell about my own road how to find own purpose doing things I like.