[fersho311]

How do I even become an engineering manager? I’ve been coding for > 10 years...

Seems like I’m the go to guy to always fix things and I seem to be stuck as a tech lead (I spend most of my time reviewing code and doing architecture design and then code when I absolutely have to)

[sethammons]

Have you applied? I, just last week, moved from a dev role to a manager role. I had previously talked with my manager at our one on ones about being interested in this path. They pointed out some new positions being hired and so I applied.

[castlecrasher2]

>How do I even become an engineering manager?

I was made one because my director said during a team meeting that we needed more senior staff to get work moving forward and I disagreed, saying if we made our processes better we could deliver faster.

I had a conversation with him after saying if he gave me a team I would get him what we needed, and that's how I started.