As a kind-of technical person (tech degree with limited professional application), I think you're exactly right. After going tech role > non-tech role > non-te

As a kind-of technical person (tech degree with limited professional application), I think you're exactly right. After going tech role > non-tech role > non-tech-but-managing-tech role, I found it was often most valuable for me to stay at a buzzword level. My team was always happiest when I could take their mostly-natural output and keep the monkeys off their back.