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I was ill suited to be manager in hindsight. I am a good developer, I am not great with people. I wanted it because it seemed like the next logical step in care
by donatj 2y ago
I was ill suited to be manager in hindsight. I am a good developer, I am not great with people. I wanted it because it seemed like the next logical step in career progression but I was not good at managing people.
I am very glad I left. I have spoken on here before about how it gave me stress induced health issues.
- gardenhedge 2y agoWere you a lead or a manager? Did you take a salary cut?
- donatj 2y agoBoth? I was in charge of our codebase as well as managing our developers. Is that not how it always is? Everywhere I have worked "Lead Developer" has been a management position, such that your team reports to you. No, it was actually a pretty significant pay increase. I went from a very small company to a larger one.