That's exactly why I was adamant (on condition of taking my current manager role) that I was always going to be coding. But I agree with most of these steps and

That's exactly why I was adamant (on condition of taking my current manager role) that I was always going to be coding. But I agree with most of these steps and when I was solely an engineer, I resented managers in 4 - 7. It was my goal to never be like that.