I have a friend who about 10 years in moved to a director/manager role. Absolutely hated it. Both not coding and having to deal with people's BS. Eventually he

I have a friend who about 10 years in moved to a director/manager role. Absolutely hated it. Both not coding and having to deal with people's BS. Eventually he was able to put up a big enough fuss that they moved him back to a sole coder job. I, on the other hand, am 20 years in and have refused every effort to promote me to more of an architect/manager role. I'm still coding every day and loving it.