Because my title includes the word "Engineering Manager", which means if I code people will think I'm a shitty manager who should be an IC. So instead I'm requ

Because my title includes the word "Engineering Manager", which means if I code people will think I'm a shitty manager who should be an IC. So instead I'm required to write a bunch of docs and attend meetings, and explain ideas to smart developers who don't quite get it the first few times... but once in a while I'll crank out a demo to show the team the way, quietly fearing my career advancement opportunities diminish if my own leadership finds out :-) Only slightly exaggerating. Still, it's no fun being stuck between loving to code and building virtual machines with my own hands, and loving to lead teams and drive projects and see the amplified output of a group working together.