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I always say "all good

storming — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:06:16 -0400

I always say "all good developers get promoted to management". And it's crazy. While someone might be both a great developer and a great manager, a great developer does not make a great manager. And if you are a great developer, you probably love your job. Chances are you won't love your job as manager.

I think the recognition that great developers get when participating in open source will maybe help them stay developers. (They don't have to be promoted to be important.)

Stormy

Richard Monson-Haefel did

subwiz — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 03:17:11 -0400

Richard Monson-Haefel did exactly this:

http://theclevermonkey.blogspot.com/2008/01/do-industry-analyst-like-myself-live-an.html

I've seen more coders move

jwenting — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 02:37:13 -0400

I've seen more coders move from project management to architecture or customer account management functions than back to coding.

Less hassle than project management, better pay than coding.