I feel stuck. My level it too low for new roles where companies would not care about low-level coding ability, but my skillset for lower levels is gone. I am tempted to take a huge pay cut and get a basic, maybe even entry-level engineering IC role again. Without my tech skills I feel very insecure. I probably have stronger management skills than I think, but those feel barely like skills. More like common sense which gives me no confidence. I also see those skills rarely reflected on any job postings.
My wife has a friend whose husband was in a similar situation. He now is an aging handy man. Some days I feel like Michael Scott.
Have you been in a similar situation? How did you get out of it?
So, I read lot of books on marketing, economics, and project management - overall, about few tens; than practice with my own tiny business, and have lot of talks on business forums..
Once I release, I could now see, what things make most business value, and should been considered most priority, and I concentrate on them.
Unfortunately, my new manager mind, from time to time have significant conflicts with engineering side of my personality, so I have to choose, to have enjoy as engineer, or to make business value.
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