I found the daily interactions and increased participation in strategy to be great... BUT I never felt productive. As a dev, it was easy to know when I was prod

I found the daily interactions and increased participation in strategy to be great... BUT I never felt productive. As a dev, it was easy to know when I was productive. I could FEEL productive. As a manager? Not so much. There was nothing tangible. Just meetings and documents, and comments from direct reports. After 2.5 years, I just went back to development.