Ok, so I've spent my career as a "line engineer" (aka programmer), but in my previous job we were heading for a crisis. I stepped up to manage because there was

Ok, so I've spent my career as a "line engineer" (aka programmer), but in my previous job we were heading for a crisis. I stepped up to manage because there was only so much I could do to avert the crisis by typing code. I (we) needed something done that was wider in scope than that role. I got a raise as part of that. We made things work and met our deadlines and obligations. I deserved that raise. Now I'm back in the trenches (and happy about it), but I have a somewhat different take on management than I did before. I'm more sympathetic to management concerns, and that much more appreciative of managers who do their job well. OTOH, I may be even more unhappy than before with managers who don't do their jobs well.