# Why Engineers May Hesitate to Move Into Management

DevFeed: [Why Engineers May Hesitate to Move Into Management](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/i-couldn-t-give-up-the-code-then-i-stopped-needing-to-33546.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.softwareengineeringtimes.com/p/i-couldnt-give-up-the-code-then-i>)

Author: Ryan Murphy

Published: 2026-06-08T07:31:11Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [The Software Engineering Times](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/the-software-engineering-times.md>)

Topics: [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>), [Programming](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/programming.md>)

Tags: [career](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/career.md>), [programming](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/programming.md>)

## AI overview

A guest post reflects on why an engineer may resist management: coding offers fast feedback and direct control, while developing people has slower and less direct rewards.

## Source excerpt

Guest post by Sean Cooper, Your Dev Team Coach.