I saw one of my lead developer / architect became a project manager, within three months he wanted out of that role and came back to design and coding job. If

I saw one of my lead developer / architect became a project manager, within three months he wanted out of that role and came back to design and coding job. If this "Lead Developer" role involves designing, prototyping, trying out new technologies, then I would say take it as you still be coding as part of the job. Even if it involves analysis and knowledge management and you haven't tried it before and there is an option to go back to what you were doing, I would give it a try.