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Maybe have a look at Gates and Musk who are actually engineers rather then Managers....or more correct Managing-Engineers.
But congratulation for your "demotion".
From someone who's spent nearly 20 years trying to stay near the bottom of the org chart, welcome!
As someone trapped into the software, does anyone know how I can go out?
As someone trapped into the software, does anyone know how I can go out?
An inspirational story that anyone, at any level, can always reinvent themselves given time, patience, and a plan. That said, "demotion" doesn't seem like the right word. Yes, going from Director to general population is technically a step down, but more realistically this is a lateral move. In a lateral move sometimes you get to keep your pay but almost never your rank.
When you think Managers (Directors) are more worth then the peoples who actually create something. Maybe have a look at Gates and Musk who are actually engineers rather then Managers....or more correct Managing-Engineers. But congratulation for your "demotion".
From someone who's spent nearly 20 years trying to stay near the bottom of the org chart, welcome!
I've always fought to stay a developer as well. It seems that as soon as I know a codebase well enough to be really productive, there is a "team lead" or "scrum master" role waiting. Once or twice I've even fallen for it but the result have always been more meetings, less customer interaction, more responsibility and somehow less power over the product. Pay has stayed the same of course.