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
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    7 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]
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    7 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.