I turned 40 this year. In the last few years I’ve tried tech lead, Scrum Master and architect roles. While I do enjoy being able to lead, mentor and do work that can make other developers’ lives better, I was drawn back to programming. So here I am at 40, having a blast writing C# and TypeScript, still constantly learning new things. Work life balance has changed a little as I have kids, but I can’t see myself doing…
43 this year. Spent last 8 years as a manager now back to being a developer and enjoying it. Yes I liked mentoring people and making decisions. I never entirely left coding I still spent about 20% of my time on code. If I were to put one reason down why I don't mind being a coder I think being a manager can be mentally exhausting. You need to remain positive for your reports even if you don't agree with decisions mad…
I was thinking of management as a way to escape downsides of working as a programmer. For ex.: a responsibility for bugs that I put in product, failure to deliver on time, rush to finish before deadline and all other stuff that burns me out.