One way to look at it is that you found a management need and filled it. Then you get the job. You created a new job! The trick here is being recognized for

One way to look at it is that you found a management need and filled it. Then you get the job. You created a new job! The trick here is being recognized for it eventually. If you are backfilling a role though then it can be annoying to not be paid up front even in a probationary period. The crappy part is having to do two jobs but the trick is to start delegating your IC work. So the old saying is that a good QA engineer automated their work away. A good manager manages their work away. Debating works only so far though without authority so you have to develop authenticity and street cred.. or enlist a few interns.