Software development “Team Leads” do not write code.
(Except in small business.)
Any job that asks for a “lead” and expects them to write code is really asking for a “senior developer” while paying lip service to “managing the team as a leader”.
True team leads don’t have time to write code, because they are:
- Meeting with the business
- Planning
- Designing
- Reviewing
- HR-ing
- Thinking
- Learning