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As with my age,I'm in the middle of both worlds too: I'm a manager but I also do development whenever that's needed ( it's not a tech company). Development,while can be frustrating,is very enjoyable,as you feel that you creating something tangible and useful. The management side is never ending issues. More often than not I have to operate without having a full picture,so arbitrary decision. You also get to be the person who makes decisions for people when they don't want to do it. From the wider business perspective it's quite interesting,as you get to know a lot what's going on in the company. I'd love to do development full time, maybe in a smaller company rather than some big corp environment. Ideally,I'd like to do 10-15 years of development and only then go into management,but not sure how viable it can be.