#4 is a lesson I'm still struggling with in spite of nearly a decade in "leadership" roles. I've been discouraged from coding beyond tiny situationally depende

#4 is a lesson I'm still struggling with in spite of nearly a decade in "leadership" roles. I've been discouraged from coding beyond tiny situationally dependent snippets to teach a more junior programmer something. My value is no longer in producing things directly, my value is in being the guy on the conference call where the customer says "If Consultant32454 says it will work, it will work.". I understand this is valuable, but not having a "thing" I built with my own hands at the end of the day is difficult for me. I wonder if this is a result of low class upbringing or something... Plenty of people in the management/executive class seem to be able to accept credit/responsibility for things they managed into existence rather than produced into existence... It's hard to accept being a force multiplier rather than a force, if that makes sense.