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by jms703 2 hours ago
This is very accurate. For me personally, I found the difficulties, friction, and stress, have started to eclipse the pros and decided to move back into an IC role after 15 years as EM/SrEM.

The work life balance was also terrible. You really do ruminate and worry about a lot, much of it outside of your control.

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> You really do ruminate and worry about a lot, much of it outside of your control.

I believe that comes down to temperament, though being on either extreme end of that spectrum leads to problems.