[tanepiper]

I don't disagree from my experience over 20 years, but I also guess than now I am a manager/leader - I'd hope this isn't the case for everyone?

The biggest thing I've learned is empathy and communication is key - tech doesn't matter in the end, but you have to be able to spot and stop bullshit.

I'm leading people across two major projects at a worldwide retailer - one being a new project driven by my tech decisions and architecture - and I'm also responsible for the welfare and upskilling of the teams.

The sacrifice is not doing day-to-day coding or even code reviews, but taking on more strategic decisions, and working more at the architectural level and handling all the stuff like stakeholder management, getting BIAs and Architecture reviews done, etc. That way the team can focus on what they need to do and not worry about management bullshit.