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Mid 30s and this reflects the worry I have about my future. I kind of want to head down the non-programming technical management/leadership path, but I'm just not seeing a way to take that step right now. Same issue as always, people are (supposedly) desperate for managers and leaders with real tech/dev background, but they want you to have technical management experience already.

It's not that I don't like programming in general, it's just that so many of the things that many of us get paid well to do are so damn boring.

I regret to have read this. It is very depressing, but also eye opening.

Is this the same writer?

Wait... yeah, isn't it? That makes the 2012 post have a very different feeling, after reading this.

A bit.

Sounds like he still enjoyed programming but was kicking himself about all the money he missed out on by leaving the Bay area and quitting Apple in 94.

yes.