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I want to quit my job (as a team lead for programmers) and work as a regular programmer again. I've took the job because of the compensation but I hate being dragged into the administrative and coordination world that seems to be inherent in the position I have. I like solving technical challenges and I'm pretty good at it.
I'm currently in the preparation stage for my exit. I'm putting in all kinds of redundancies and documenting processes so my eventual successor will have an easier time to keep it running for now and then being able to introduce their own spin on it.
I've done the non-programmer thing too long and I don't know how the field looks. I don't know if having a FOSS project on github in my target language is a good choice or if I have to grind leetcode for months as that is the expectation now. My CV is split 50/50 between being a programmer and something else (manager or technical support/admin.)
For the timeframe: I've decided that this position isn't for me, but I have to stay here for an additional 7 months due to a contract situation. (Pension funds.)
What would your advice be about this? I know this is very vague but I don't know the lay of the land.
Additonal Info about my yearning:
Some days I quit the work for today, just so I can go to my private computer and work on technical challenges associated with my pet projects. When I think about that I can't help but think that some people are paid for solving real technical challenges and I merely get paid to manage that kind of stuff.
Could you trade jobs with someone at your firm who wants to move from programming to management, de facto if not de jure?
I've thought about this a bit and even if I were to find a hypothetical swap-partner, I would probably be too negative when describing my current role. It's hard to sell someone that is solving technical problems on answering emails or managing tickets, etc. If I knew years ago this is what it would be like, I wouldn't have taken that deal.
You could look for a programmer with relatively weak technical skills but strong people skills.
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