[codingbbq]

I too am in the same boat. I do not have people skills, I am shy and introverted. I am considered as a non lead material since my manager thinks that I am very soft spoken and so I am told I need to be aggressive. I don't even know what the solution is. With 12 years of experience, I am in the same band as a 7yrs experience colleague.

What am I doing to overcome this situation? - I have clearly understood and made up my mind that I cannot be a PM. - However, to stay in the job I always have to prove my technical skills. - I am trying to get into competitive programming which I discovered recently and my aim for 2021 is to at least solve one codeforces round - I started enjoying Flutter and I also did 30 days of live streaming on youtube (Just screenshare with music). - I have a mobile app idea that I plan to work in coming days. - I try to write 1k words per day

During work hours, I try not to think about hobbies and concentrate on finishing my work. However, during free time, I fire up my personal laptop and start focusing on my hobbies.