I became the development team leader in the 5th year

I thought the 5th year developer was great, but I became the 5th year developer.

Besides, I am the team leader.

In fact, I have worked as a freelancer for a long time and then started a startup at the recommendation of someone I knew while working.

I became a team leader not because I have good skills or experience, but because I am the first developer of the company.

For the first year, I just worked hard day and night.

Above all, it was fun and good to work while communicating with users and I was solo…

After some time, I hired developer and worked hard day and night together.

Having a team member made me feel pressured to play a role as a team leader. But when I compared myself with the other team leaders, I was far from perfect.

So I was desperate for my growth.

The next year, I had a lot of worries about me and together.

I think most startup developers will do that, but I had to know and work in a lot of different fields. I had to do apps and AI/ML while doing web service. So schedule management was important to me.

And there were many worries about working together.

At that time, I told my team members that I trust you and thank you for doing your job well, but it wasn’t the team leader’s role.

When I think about that, I wonder what if would have been like to have a lot of honest talks with the members.