I tried to get into management because I was afraid of ageism and no-career-path in development, but I quickly learned that I actually love building things. So

I tried to get into management because I was afraid of ageism and no-career-path in development, but I quickly learned that I actually love building things. So now I’m just sticking to being a developer and I’ll see where that goes. It does seem like there are a lot, and I mean a lot, of people who are capable of being managers/project managers/business consultants while actual developers are rather rare. And once you stop caring about the corporate game, it becomes really easy to sit back and let those types squabble aboout for influence while you just build whatever is decided on.