Been toying with the idea of getting back to IC. Been engineering Manager for four years now, but really miss development and getting hands dirty. However, I recently assigned a small feature to myself and was amazed at a few things: how much I had to look up to remind meself about language specific syntax, how much has changed (good ole Javascript), and how FAST time flies by when I get in the zone. I struggle with making the leap back because I'm slightly worried about what others would think. The company I work for doesn't have IC track neither, very up or out. So it's either jump ship to another company as IC and go through interview process, leetcode bs and probably lower paying position OR stick it out in Management and get my kicks through the team. Decisions, decisions.