[refsab]

I'm a counterpoint to this.

Outstanding IC wanting to get into management for job security / ageism. Turned out to be a bad manager too focused on team and unable to effectively manage up and sideways.

I'm now a consultant. Ageism is suddenly on my side in consulting. Coding until I die.

[tartoran]

Im just curious here. Did your team love you or hate you? Were they happy with your focus on them besides your managing upwards and sideways inefficiencies?

[refsab]

The former but I'm not sure how much they knew about how I failed on the rest