I've been a professional C, Perl, PHP and Python developer.
I'm an ex-sysadmin from the late 20th century.
These days I do more Javascript and CSS and whatnot, and promote UX and accessibility.
Somehow, in our heads, we have this illusion that once you’ve mastered the technical skills required for your roles and you have been senior engineers for a few years, the next step for you is to become an engineering manager.
I've been hammering this point for years. It's so frustrating to work for a company where they've taken that route and the managers have no idea what they're doing. The tell-tale sign is usually that they feel over-worked and mutter about wanting to get their hands back on code whenever you talk to them!
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I've been hammering this point for years. It's so frustrating to work for a company where they've taken that route and the managers have no idea what they're doing. The tell-tale sign is usually that they feel over-worked and mutter about wanting to get their hands back on code whenever you talk to them!