If I was interested in people I would likely have gone into business/management in school. I imagine if that were the case, I would probably have not liked software development much either. I've consistently chosen to continue to develop and it breaks the minds of management who can't understand why I don't want to be in leadership. Often development career paths in corporate America end in leadership positions. It's a different job -- one I don't feel qualified to do just because I'm good at the other one. I think this helps to show how people can fail up in an organization and that oftentimes management is a place to store good employees to keep them away from the competition. Don't get me wrong, there are people who do a job who make fine managers, but that's a happy accident in my view, and not a logical progression.
If I was interested in people I would likely have gone into business/management in school. I imagine if that were the case, I would probably have not liked software development much either. I've consistently chosen to continue to develop and it breaks the minds of management who can't understand why I don't want to be in leadership. Often development career paths in corporate America end in leadership positions. It's a different job -- one I don't feel qualified to do just because I'm good at the other one. I think this helps to show how people can fail up in an organization and that oftentimes management is a place to store good employees to keep them away from the competition. Don't get me wrong, there are people who do a job who make fine managers, but that's a happy accident in my view, and not a logical progression.