[H8crilA]

Being a (low level) manager sucks, though. At least if you're a competent programmer and could get by with a very similar pay with little involvement in politics.

[civilized]

If I said "being a programmer sucks", people would tell me I can do another job and let someone who likes the job do mine instead.

Not so for the poor manager, somehow. The poor manager who, in most cases, bent over backwards to get that promotion.