alt Hacker NewsTotally agree, completely different skillset. Every engineer I've seen "promoted" as such becomes miserable, and frankly is not very good at their new role, effectively making it a double loss.
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SlightlyLeftPad • today at 3:50 PM
Honestly, I’m pretty good at it but yes indeed quite miserable, particularly now, in this market. With hiring very slow, companies know people are trapped.
It's totally different skill sets yes, but some developers can become good managers.