&gt; All they do is preach and preach &#x2F; talk and present. I am not making gross generalization but it seems that job has far more security than being tech lead.<p>I don&#x27;t think you understand enough about being a manager yet.  Are you interested enough in becoming one to do things like reading books on effective people management, and treating it as a skill to be learned over a long time?<p>If not.. there are worse things than being a tech lead.  :)