The nice thing about mistakes is that you can learn from them. I find success sooths the ego but is often less of an education. People switch between manager

The nice thing about mistakes is that you can learn from them. I find success sooths the ego but is often less of an education. People switch between manager and IC over the course of their career all the time. This will probably become one of those stories you wheel out while mentoring an employee in a few years.