I have been given “leading” promotions and I have grown into the roles. It took a little time to figure it out though. Problem is that often your own leadership doesn’t give you any training or mentorship about what’s expected from the role.

I think the whole field would be well advised to do more mentorship. It seems most of tech works with a “sink or swim” mentality. This works well for the development work but once you get into leadership a lot of people fail. Not because they are not capable but because nobody helps them understand their new role.