[sudeepj]

> I don't feel like the guy who does a plan which must be blindly followed by others

When I became PE, my boss said that if you have to successful then you need to get teams listen to you by influencing instead of an authority.

At that moment, I had no idea how to go about this. But I realized one thing: "Knowledge is power". If you know the tech-stack, product & domain then you are well equipped for this role.