I've been a software development manager for more than 2 years now. I used to code more at the beginning then I let me team focus on code, technical aspects as I trust them and mainly I would like them to have the freedom.
I sometimes write API code but very basic ones.
Most of my day is spent on meetings, support to end users, writing user stories, and some admin tasks like looking for interns, interviewing, sorting out licenses, making sure servers are up and get infrastructure team to look into it, etc etc,<p>so fast forward 2 yrs I have lost technical sharpness, so I cant be a programmer anymore, I'm not a a BA neither a PM. I champion agile practices in my team but I'm not an agile coach though. At this stage I feel a bit lost. I feel like I'm not good at anything. where do I go from here?
Where do you want to go? It sounds like you are implying you want to get back to the technical work? If the job does not allow, then you may need to find a role. Or is the concern that you are losing touch with the <i>current</i> tech and can't make technical decisions like you used to? Or are you asking what is the next step as a technical manager?<p>If you feel that you aren't good at anything (which clearly is not true given that you've fostered your team) then what is it that you want to get <i>good</i> at?
>so fast forward 2 yrs I have lost technical sharpness, so I cant be a programmer anymore<p>Do you really have such little faith in your ability to relearn things?