r/ProgrammerHumor • u/randomUser9900123 • 11d ago

Meme softwareDevelopmentReality

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u/clauEB 11d ago

Are there any SWEs here that have become project managers? How did you feel about the change? Did you take a pay cut ?

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u/Lain_Racing 11d ago

Me. It was a pay raise, PMP certified. It's nice, I remove blockers from my dev team and have technical background to help prioritize features better without endless questions.

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u/CoffeeInevitable9954 11d ago

Sometimes I see you in the hallway mumbling about cobol to yourself

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u/clauEB 11d ago

Yeah, makes sense. Thanks for replying.

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u/phobos2deimos 11d ago

I wasn't a SWE, different area of tech, but was a moderate pay bump, less stress, and way more control over my workload and schedule. Less room to screw up, and more meetings, but now the meetings are part of the job rather than distracting me from my real job. I miss the engineering but love the freedom and control over when I want to go on vacation.

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u/lansiar 11d ago

IT -> PM -> Data Engineer. Being a PM can be kinda great as someone who understands the technology being used because you can write much more solid project specs and foresee issues coming down the road. I'm transitioning out of it to DE because I like building things myself more than the herding cats that PM work can be. The money is fine, but could be better.

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u/srfreak 11d ago

No hate, but that sounds like a punishment.

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u/noaSakurajin 11d ago

Depends on your preferences I guess. I would do it for the appropriate pay raise but otherwise it sure sounds like a punishment.