[giantg2]

This is exactly how it should be in my opinion. This matches my experience with who I saw as being good managers.

[fifilura]

Were they happy with it or did they become miserable after a while?

[giantg2]

They were happy with it. On the opposite side, almost every dual role manager I've known have been miserable. Most of the ones I knew dropped out and went back to dev only work. A few stuck it out and got promoted into a no-code management role.