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Most people cannot. Management is a full-time job. The worst managers/leaders I ever had were those who still coded. These managers are like those rich people who go to their construction projects and hammer a few nails to connect with laborers .

I am on same path, trying to climb up ladder but want to do only one job well instead of two mediocre jobs.

However, programming is my hobby, and my plan is to keep it as a hobby and do it after work. Perhaps I will contribute to open source or write small utilities to automate some boring management task.