I think about a third of the reason I get lead positions is because I'm willing to be an 'accountability sink', or the much more colorful description: a sin-eater. You just gotta be careful about what decisions you're willing to own. There's a long list of decisions I won't be held responsible for and that sometimes creates... problems.

Some of that is on me, but a lot is being taken for granted. I'm not a scapegoat I'm a facilitator, and being able to say, "I believe in this idea enough that if it blows up you can tell people to come yell at me instead of at you." unblocks a lot of design and triage meetings.