I work at one of these IT service companies. This year I complete my 10 years. I love coding, solving problems and learning new things. But unfortunately, with

I work at one of these IT service companies. This year I complete my 10 years. I love coding, solving problems and learning new things. But unfortunately, with extreme reluctance I will have to become one of these managers. I just do not have any other way, no body cares about writing code here and writing good code will not get you nowhere. I am too old for the product companies and I am not from a top tier college. So its game over for me, however the only hope I have is that someday I will manage to build something on my own that will free me. This is what I have been dreaming of ever since I passed out of college. You may ask me why I did not do it then, but for a guy from a lower middle class background, it was not an option. I needed to survive.