Dave Cutler is my personal aspirational model. When I am 70, I want to still be writing production code, rather than languishing in middle management.
Engineers who choose to "trade up" to management will always baffle me.
Engineers who choose to "trade up" to management will always baffle me.
They don't get work on cutting edge stuff like cutler.
There was a recent entry here in HN where a developer discussed his/her regret at not having moved to the managerial path. I am trying to find it but it's taking me some time.
It's a tough decision.