I became an engineering manager for a few years. I swung back into an individual contributor role. Turns out I don’t like management either. I was good at it.

I became an engineering manager for a few years. I swung back into an individual contributor role. Turns out I don’t like management either. I was good at it. I was being groomed to take on a CTO role. But it wasn’t for me. Programming is hard. But for me people are harder. If it’s possible try going back to the role you like and see if they’ll hire a manager.