> It seems to be mostly about dealing with everyone's crap, trying to fight fires and constantly battling with the other managers and tech team to get things do

> It seems to be mostly about dealing with everyone's crap, trying to fight fires and constantly battling with the other managers and tech team to get things done. I haven't even written a line of code in months. Welcome to management! You're dealing with the crap so your people can do their job. If you get to code a few weeks a year then you're lucky. If you really don't enjoy it, go find something else. There are a lot of highly technical jobs that should prove a real challenge.