" I'm a well-paid generalist" Nothing wrong with that. If you are getting shit done for the company and adding value, why do you think of yourself as a fraud.

" I'm a well-paid generalist" Nothing wrong with that. If you are getting shit done for the company and adding value, why do you think of yourself as a fraud. Of course, if deep down you want to become an expert developer, that is fine. But you are not a fraud just because you are doing more high level stuff. The high level role is also very important in organizations. My suggestion: keep getting highly paid and do your current job as you are (unless you really are miserable). On the side, start a coding project for fun and go crazy with it. Case in point. I run a SAAS business and I really don't have time to actually write production code even though we are a small team as I am already overwhelmed with "management" of the company which is very important. I do sales, customer calls, partner collaborations, some marketing, employee management, taking shit from customers if things escalate. Deep down, I also love coding so I decided to do coding on the side like 2-3 hours every 2 weeks if I can. I taught myself a bit of Golang and loving it.