From Senior Developer to Manager and Back: The Journey of Returning to Coding
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A personal account of moving from senior developer to a managerial role at Atlassian for 15 months and then returning to hands-on coding. Covers the practical challenges of skill retention, career-path choices between specialist and manager, and reflections from the author’s experiment on balancing technical identity with leadership responsibilities.
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