“It said that many software engineers who move into management find themselves feeling less fulfilled. It referred to that wonderful feeling you get when you slip into the flow state, and just crush out some productivity.
As a manager, there aren’t many opportunities to put on headphones and crush some productivity. I mean, sometimes I’d sit and write a doc for 6 hours, but that (thankfully) wasn’t an everyday thing. And I think most people don’t get into the flow state while writing as much as I do. Which explains why I’m doing this newsletter thing now.”
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