>>I agree with you completely it's a lot more fun being a developer than a manager.
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>I've recently become a "Team Lead", due to re-orgs in our company. At first I thought it was going to be more of a "Tech" Lead position, when my new boss asked me if I'd be willing to take on the position. I said "sure, as long as there's not a lot of adminstrative crap I'd have to do." He said there wouldn't be much. He was wrong. =0( I'm only managing 2 employees, plus 2 contractors, but I'm still not crazy about it.
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>~~Bonnie

I'm sorry to hear about that. I think a sign of a good manager is knowing where to place employees to take advantage of their strong suits. Sounds like that isn't happening with you.