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This is almost exactly the same for me. Except I was 28 when I became a "Development Manager". It quickly became clear that I felt I wasn't accomplishing anything, and the times when I was able to actually code felt completely liberating.

Some people enjoy managing, unfortunately I just couldn't get into it.



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