How to ask for a promotion to a team leader / head of department?

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dark_hach2018-11-22 22:29:11

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dark_hach, 2018-11-22 22:29:11

And is the question correct - perhaps the management itself should invite to this position?
I want to move more in the direction of management than in the technical direction. My current position is not senior, but all these "titles" in the company are conditional. I can only say that I know the architecture of the current project well, I know the business logic and the product well.
There was never any practical management experience, only theoretical knowledge from books. Is there a chance?

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ivodopyanov, 2018-11-23
@dark_hach

Just write to the manager that you have become more interested in management. Ask what options the company has for this.

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Vitaly, 2018-11-22
@vt4a2h

Well, in my opinion, a senior developer is not someone who just knows the project architecture, product, and so on. This is all that an ordinary developer should know. The main difference between a senior developer and a regular one is those very social skills or soft skills. How are you doing with this? And along the way, answer the question: what part of the company's business and how do you influence and what is your area of responsibility? I mean, team lead is not only about management, and probably not even about management... It's probably too early for you to become a team leader.

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Anton Spirin, 2018-11-22
@rockon404

I can only say that I know the architecture of the current project well, I know the business logic and the product well.

It's strange that you still haven't told your manager about it, but talk about it here.

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Ivan Shumov, 2018-11-22
@inoise

Team lead is not a promotion. The head of the department is generally a mythical position. And there is also a CTO and you are definitely not him. And none of them.
Develop, study, but as long as you look at it as an increase otherwise - there is no light at the end of the tunnel

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Puma Thailand, 2018-11-23
@opium

What kind of nonsense are you writing, why the hell is the knowledge of the project for the team leader and leader?
If you are a team leader, then you are the head of the team and everyone does what you say, if everything is like that, then just look for and say rename my position, it takes five minutes in the personnel department