I worked for a company where a lot of ICs were also assigned reportes but they weren't doing full time management. They were just interacting with their coach/m

I worked for a company where a lot of ICs were also assigned reportes but they weren't doing full time management. They were just interacting with their coach/mentor, doing weekly meetings and stuff. I believe transition from developer to Lead to Manager is smooth than becoming manager and getting away from coding and doing mgmt just overnight.