Anyone else at head/director/vp level missing the product craft?
I climbed the ladder and got a director level job at age 35 at b2c igaming scale up - leading 25 POs in a ~ 350 people product and eng department (the company has 1000 employees in total.
I’m 2 years into this situation. My work now is mainly governance, people management, alignment and politics. I find myself missing the actual product craft so much, and it feels like every minute spend at my current position as time lost away from my craft.
I have the most fun when getting involved into specific projects/features but I can’t do that all the time. Even more fun when building myself side projects.
I’m realising that the only way forward is building my own thing where I can choose the people I want to work with, shape the culture and the environment I want and be creative. A small lean team building something we are passionate about.
Anyone else in this situation?