One of the most regrettable things I did was stop writing code. There were the usual things; to busy to keep it up, not a good look in mgmt circles, keep coding hurts your upward mobility potential etc., all true, but I felt I was on a slippery slope towards effectively managing development.

Tech is in constant flux. While the basics rarely change, and yes, there is a lott of reinventing the wheel in programming approaches, thongs do progress and you feel your grasp weakening.

So now I code again. Not daily, but enough to complete some projects on my own. It feels great, and it definitly has a positive impact on my overall capabilities.