By far the hardest part of that transition (at least for me!) is going from being able to create measurable impact on the order of days to most things taking mo

By far the hardest part of that transition (at least for me!) is going from being able to create measurable impact on the order of days to most things taking months or years to create real change. As a coder, I could get a bug report, build a fix, test it, get it deployed within an hour if it was urgent and simple. Now I do a lot of listening, a little bit of talking, a bunch of thinking and discussing with the rest of the executive team, and mostly make small corrections which might show meaningful results in 6 months' time. Every so often there's still something really amazing and valuable, but it's much rarer and less predictable when that's going to be. And yeah tons of new learning to do. Being a good programmer doesn't automatically translate to being good at running a company (though understanding tech and having been there certainly helps both for understanding what your staff are going through, and having their respect)