YMMV, but it's personally entirely the opposite with what I've seen in the design industry, which feels somewhat similar to software in the sense we're both bui

YMMV, but it's personally entirely the opposite with what I've seen in the design industry, which feels somewhat similar to software in the sense we're both building things. IC's that I've seen on my end to have a little more latitude to actually design things and have a small amount of independence there, wheras managers are stuck with the 'keep the project going' paperwork, people paperwork, shielding the team from the politics, etc. (I've personally found a way to sidestep a lot of that, but so many of my previous managers have burned out to the above reasons.)