> First, moving from an engineering role to a management role is not "career progression", it's a lateral career switch. That's a cool sentiment, but it's not

> First, moving from an engineering role to a management role is not "career progression", it's a lateral career switch. That's a cool sentiment, but it's not what hiring managers and many many other managers think. They'll just flag you as "something wrong with that guy if hes not managing by now" and you're still out of job.