1. The quality of your work as a developer has no bearing on the quality of your work as a PM. It's a different skillset altogether and you may or may not have

1. The quality of your work as a developer has no bearing on the quality of your work as a PM. It's a different skillset altogether and you may or may not have it but your experience as a developer is only an asset when applying to be a PM. Whether you decide to go in that direction is a personal decision, but you should do it because you're interested in that kind of work, not because you think that your software work is subpar. 2. You don't need to take a break. You can incrementally improve on the things that you know that you're doing wrong at your current job and improve while you're still there. Since you're already aware of a bunch of them, it shouldn't be too difficult to improve on them over time. 3. You may or may not be too self-critical. The way to find out is to prepare for interviews for a bit and then try out a few. Don't disqualify yourself, let other people do that.