I became a manager through the developer route, 6 years now since I started as an IC, spent 2 years doing that then got promoted to senior dev and then had a ch

I became a manager through the developer route, 6 years now since I started as an IC, spent 2 years doing that then got promoted to senior dev and then had a choice to become a manager after 3 years of being senior, then I took it. It's rare to be a manager that can also code but it is possible.