Once you get good at the tech stuff, you get promoted. Which often means you get to do less of the tech stuff. With all your new responsibilities, it's pretty normal to feel overwhelmed. There is an entire new skillset to be mastered!

Your meetings with management feel like an uphill battle. Your junior developers demand attention to help them get productive. Whenever you are dealing with stakeholders, you feel like you're out of place at a fancy gala. And whenever somebody asks you about the next release, you feel like your are juggling too many balls to give them an accurate answer.

You're going to need to become a new version of yourself to keep this show rolling. In this talk, Hannes will give you some practical advice on how to deal with overcoming this feeling. Get a grip on the situation, regain your sanity and become the the lead you always knew you could be.