Why do you see this as a negative? I quit being a software manager after 8 years and I couldn't be happier with my decision to do so. Being an individual contr

Why do you see this as a negative? I quit being a software manager after 8 years and I couldn't be happier with my decision to do so. Being an individual contributor now has more upside. I am senior enough as an IC to influence decision makers, but I don't have to deal with stupid management bureaucracy, attend endless meetings, nor deal with people (reports). I like knowing and doing it myself as an IC, than faking and pretending as a manager.