[carnewal]

My experience: I lived every day in agony knowing there's nothing of value I'm contributing to this company and everyone around me knows. I was turbo depressed.

If this is you I'd advise you to leave that job as soon as possible and take matter into your own hands.

I became an individual contributor at a different company after being in this non-hands-on manager role for just about 2 years. What followed was a sense of accomplishment, being a happier person overall and earning way more money.

[nextworddev]

Agreed. Good on you to make that decision. If only the vast majority of other middle managers had that much integrity

[Clubber]

>If only the vast majority of other middle managers had that much integrity

I would argue the vast majority of other middle managers can't code, so play manager is all they can do.