There comes a time in every developer's career when you will have to make a decision about your own progression. Do you stay as a developer / senior developer and focus mostly on code, or do you make a jump into a management-level position as a Lead Developer who has to
  • Hector_McG@programming.dev
    231·
    10 months ago

    Of course, it is not always possible to avoid over-committing as sometimes the business calls for it.

    Well that sounds like lazy acceptance of a bad situation for your team.

    No mention of fighting for better terms for the team. If the business calls for over-committing you team, you or someone else in management have failed. Such a commitment may be indeed be unavoidable in that situation, but your job as a manager is to fight for your team to be additionally compensated for such an over-commitment.

  • sharedburdens [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
    9·
    10 months ago

    If you have made the transition from developer to manager, then please let me know your experiences in the comments below.

    I thought about this, but changed my pronouns and started HRT instead and I’ve been much happier.

  • Fades@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    10 months ago

    Never, I will never stop coding. My manager has been trying to pull me into admin, but I put my foot down at team lead. I leave the staff management to my manager. That’s as far as I go up the ladder lol, fuck off with your management bullshit

  • MajorHavoc@lemmy.world
    1·
    10 months ago

    This is article has some solid advice from a manager with 3 years in the trenches. It’s always good to have more voices sharing the their experience for others facing similar decisions.