How I get a job as a Lead Developer โšก

What drove me:

I didnโ€™t just want to code; I wanted to control the architecture, make tough calls, and be the one solving high-stakes problems instead of just catching bugs ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ˜Ž. I knew it was time to step up, lead, and take responsibility not only for my own work but for the whole damn team ๐Ÿš€๐Ÿ’ผ.

Interviews:

The tech interview? Pure chaos ๐Ÿ’€๐Ÿ’ฅ. They hit me with a monster task: design an order management system with insane requirementsโ€”from caching strategies to fallback methods for service crashes ๐Ÿ˜ณ๐Ÿ”ง. Every tiny detail was dissected. Then came the algo interview, where they tested optimization skills on rendering for weak hardware and slow internet. Miss a beat, lose points ๐Ÿ˜ฑ๐Ÿ“‰.

Cons of being Lead:

Now, every mess-up, every bug, every oversight in the team? Itโ€™s on me ๐Ÿ’€. If a project starts crashing, everyone looks at me as the one to blame ๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿ”ฅ.

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