I did this from more or less managerial role to IC. It was hard initially, i.e. but I got used to it. The most helpful thing was that I continued coding in my f

I did this from more or less managerial role to IC. It was hard initially, i.e. but I got used to it. The most helpful thing was that I continued coding in my free time, so there was some re-learning curve, but it wasn't too steep. The key here is finding a company which values IC as much as manager which unfortunately isn't true for every company.