This pretty much defines why I slowly drifted out of programming altogether and into management, after a few years of being a self-employed consultant. Not so

This pretty much defines why I slowly drifted out of programming altogether and into management, after a few years of being a self-employed consultant. Not so much a career choice, but simply finding the next relevant challenge. Still in software development, but I can see myself shifting out of software altogether. It still surprises me that from starting out as a shy, introverted computer geek one of my primary responsibilities is now people management. But like programming used the be, the fact that it's hard is an important part of the challenge.