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When becoming a manager means mourning the work you loved

I used to be a great engineer — I could lose myself in code for hours and it felt like home. Now I sit in one-on-ones and status meetings, mediocre at a people job nobody trained me for. I keep quietly mourning the craft I traded away to get here.

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Becoming a manager meant giving up the craft you loved for a job you were never trained for.

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