Hi HN,<p>I work for a well known company in Bay area as Tech Lead.  I don&#x27;t have direct people management responsibility but I do manage team from technical aspects.  I would say I am good at what I do, though far from expert.<p>I make my point and get along with people often. I sense mutual respect from few members of my team and almost all of business partners.<p>I want to move to management and perform role of manager.  I have talked this numerous times with my manager.  Problem is that my manager is less of technical guy and doesn&#x27;t seem like he wants to support my career growth.  He is of similar age as me.<p>What and how do I move into managerial&#x2F;director position ?<p>I am getting tired of day-to-day technical stuff where it&#x27;s your fault when smallest thing goes wrong and it&#x27;s everyone&#x27;s efforts when things go right.  There is also great degree of undercutting happening from equal senior members of my team.  I don&#x27;t want to be manager of my own team but moving in Org is not feasible due to internal politics anytime soon.<p>TBH, it seems that managers&#x2F;directors have less and less work I have seen in multiple companies I worked for.  All they do is preach &#x2F; talk and present.  I am not making gross generalization but it seems that manager&#x2F;director job has far more security than being tech lead.<p>I was not born in US but I studied all my life in English.   I don&#x27;t sound like  an american when I talk. People understand me fine though. I know I have to work hard on communication skills and I plan to do so.<p>What other steps shall I undertake in order to advance my career to manager&#x2F;director position ?
Ask HN: Advice for Moving from Tech Lead to Manager/Director Position?