Edit: I'm saying this because I decided to stop being "tech lead" recently, precisely because of the problem of responsibility without authority.
Yes, people respect me and my decisions, up to a point (we have several very competent people and we don't always all agree) . They did that before I was tech lead and to the exact same amount after. My work did not change one iota compared to what I was doing before. But suddenly I got blamed for some things that I had no power to prevent.
Edit: I'm saying this because I decided to stop being "tech lead" recently, precisely because of the problem of responsibility without authority.
Yes, people respect me and my decisions, up to a point (we have several very competent people and we don't always all agree) . They did that before I was tech lead and to the exact same amount after. My work did not change one iota compared to what I was doing before. But suddenly I got blamed for some things that I had no power to prevent.
That's just not healthy.