Were you a team lead or squad lead? That’s a form of management experience. Were you a mentor for junior employees even if not a team lead? That’s another (weak

Were you a team lead or squad lead? That’s a form of management experience. Were you a mentor for junior employees even if not a team lead? That’s another (weaker) form. If your company has a need for squad/team leads, take one of those spots and try it out. You may very well find that you hate that more than whatever is bugging you now. (I’m hoping to “retire” from management someday and go back to SWE3 type of coding. Grass is always greener and all that.) My belief: If you’re burned out on engineering, switching to management probably won’t fix it.