Thank you for this article because at this point in my career, I moved from another continent and got promoted within 5 months as Lead Front-end to create the architecture on which all the future projects will be based on while teaching React to the devs in my agency, despite my little experience (I'm between a junior and an intermediate developer). My Imposter syndrome has never been so high and feel quite overwhelmed. This article helped me feel a bit better!
I kind of understand what you are going through. Early on in my career, I got put in charge of re-writing a large e-commerce site and all its supporting tools as an unofficial lead. This was just a few years out of school, and the site was crucial to the company's success. For your specific situation, there are a few things you can keep in mind to help handle this:
Congratulations on the promotion. That is a sign your team and company trust you to do this. They may be seeing something you don't see in yourself. That is a huge accomplishment you should always remember, especially since being promoted in 5 months is rare.
You will make mistakes in the architecture that you won't see until later. It happens to the best developers and architects. It's a lot easier to see what is best and what doesn't work after the architecture is used on a few projects.
Other developers and yourself will want to change the architecture in the future. Maybe on the 3rd or 4th project, you make small tweaks, but then on the 30th, you make some massive changes. I would argue if this doesn't happen, that is a bad sign as it means your team isn't learning and improving. Again, it's easier to see what is working the best or could be improved after it is used a bit.
Again congratulations on the promotion and good luck.
Thank you for this article because at this point in my career, I moved from another continent and got promoted within 5 months as Lead Front-end to create the architecture on which all the future projects will be based on while teaching React to the devs in my agency, despite my little experience (I'm between a junior and an intermediate developer). My Imposter syndrome has never been so high and feel quite overwhelmed. This article helped me feel a bit better!
I'm experiencing the same situation as you, so fighting, we will go through this! Thanks for sharing.
I kind of understand what you are going through. Early on in my career, I got put in charge of re-writing a large e-commerce site and all its supporting tools as an unofficial lead. This was just a few years out of school, and the site was crucial to the company's success. For your specific situation, there are a few things you can keep in mind to help handle this:
Again congratulations on the promotion and good luck.
Thank you for your support, this helps a lot. For sure the architecture will change, there is always room for improvement.