# Techie to tech lead: My five biggest mistakes | ThoughtWorks

<https://www.thoughtworks.com/insights/blog/techie-tech-lead-my-5-biggest-mistakes>

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## What Jamie wrote

This is a great read for individual contributors that are moving into their first lead or even management role. 👍

## Facts

- Kind: [Page](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/kinds/page/)

## Appears in

- [WT70: Weekly Thing #70 / Sep 8, 2018](https://weekly.thingelstad.com/archive/70/), Notable Links 📌

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