I'm an engineering TL (tech lead) on two major efforts in web platform, Chrome. When meeting external (to my org) folks I get asked: "what is your role"? Even when they know what I'm working on. What should I make of this? Do *men* get this question too? How should I respond? :)
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Replying to @shubhie
Not sure how to answer "what to make of it", but I get the same question(s) (although I'm sure the inflection is different
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My experience with folks outside of Google is that "TL" is as confusing as "PM" (Product? Project? etc.). It's a role whose scope is not immediately evident and has highly situated meaning. The Google version of this is very different to, e.g., the MSFT version.
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Replying to @slightlylate @shubhie
In Chrome there's also this spec/impl divide that's confusing sometimes.
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Add in DevRel's imapct and visibility and it's never a surprise to me that nobody understands a Web Platform SWE's influence, no matter how senior.
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