I feel more at home as a Senior Dev, or maybe a Tech Lead/Mentor, but here I am in management for the last 7 years. The article definitely resonates with me, as

I feel more at home as a Senior Dev, or maybe a Tech Lead/Mentor, but here I am in management for the last 7 years. The article definitely resonates with me, as do many of the comments. I miss coding, deeply. I try to pick up the occasional project at work, but too often I have to turn it over due to lack of time. Sometimes I do not turn it over and it ends up taking far, far longer than it should have. I know I sometimes hold things too close to the chest. Delegating is not my strong suit but, in my mid 40's, I'm getting better. Whatever I'm doing, imposter syndrome be damned, seems to work. My team always look to me for help and plead with me to never leave; though I'm sure they'd find their way. I do find it difficult to keep up with all the projects going on at times, which complicates ongoing project discussions Especially when the developer isn't the best at communicating effectively and I need to be the liaison between them and upper management. Trying to keep up with all of that is really what limits my time as a developer. I was pleasantly surprised that the article linked a write-up on building an internal ChatBot. We're been looking at doing the same through Elastic AI but scratching that itch myself seems fun. I just wonder how long it'll be before I have to hand it over to someone else...