I'm senior now, trusted, in all the important meetings. But every year I get pulled further from actually building anything, and my days fill up with reviews and planning and other people's code. I miss the craft, the hands-on work that made me love this in the first place, and I can feel it slipping away.
More people experience this than they realize.
The higher you rise, the further you get from the hands-on craft you loved.
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.