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I’m almost 15 years in now and feel like a) there’s still a lot to learn before I could be effective as management and b) very few companies I’ve worked with or

I’m almost 15 years in now and feel like a) there’s still a lot to learn before I could be effective as management and b) very few companies I’ve worked with or interviewed with seem to want to support management skills or values that I’d want to develop or embody. As a result I can only see myself going into management in bad faith for a higher salary. I already earn more than enough, so I’d be effectively kneecapping my professional development along with my job satisfaction and personal happiness.

karmakaze 6y ago
> going into management in bad faith for a higher salary I think you might do better than many managers who are incompetent and don't know it. I think it would only be in bad faith if you had no intention of trying to be good at it. I can certainly see the ob satisfaction and personal happiness difference angle. A viable in-between could be some sort of educator/mentor/evangelist role.