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Is it pressure if that's what you want? I explicitly took my managing role because I was going to still be able to code, not in spite of it.
by halfmatthalfcat 6y ago
Is it pressure if that's what you want? I explicitly took my managing role because I was going to still be able to code, not in spite of it.
- daenney 6y agoI did the exact same thing, I liked the idea of being able to code still. And then three months in I took stock and I didn’t like what I saw. I wasn’t able to devote the time I needed to help people with career development and truly enable them to shine. I was also slowing my team down because the time I could spend in code and crucially code review was much lower. PRs languished and folks had to go in and fix things after me. So I dropped the code bits, aside from really small code fixes here and there across our code base and focussed on doing the management thing. I was happier and so was my team. I hope it works out for you though!