It&#x27;s important to understand that that when you&#x27;re a tech lead, your first priority is the productivity of your teammates, <i>not</i> your own productivity.  You&#x27;re responsible for the output of the team as a whole, and if that means you do zero coding, so be it.<p>You should <i>also</i> be coming up with good ways to use productivity tools asynchronously.  But remember that the natural impulse for many employees will be &quot;Oh, the boss is busy, I better not disturb him.  Guess I can&#x27;t do any work until then!&quot;  You need to make sure that whatever communication mechanisms you agree on have buy-in from the rest of the team, and that they&#x27;ll be comfortable interrupting you if they&#x27;re really blocked and unable to get work done.