[quote=flu][quote=Hobie]Thats why you see a lot of grey in senior management :)[/quote]

Unless you happen to be one of the idiots that insisted on staying technical hands on throughout your career :)[/quote]

That’s me LOL…

Hey I am still employed in the Tech field while more than a few buddies who went the management route are not.

I think in defense or a very large company Management may be a safer route (for staying employed at that company) but for small or mid size firms, the main thing is results and earnings and who can help you get more earnings.

In a very large code base it takes about a year to come up to speed, if someone is producing on that system, you don’t get rid of them easily.

Small systems (That did not take 10 or more years to develop) maybe it is a little easier.