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Thank you for the insight. Can you elaborate bit more why people are not interested for good reason ?

I have an MS degree but all jobs outside need like 20years of experience for manager

Managers spend a lot of time in meetings, and have to deal with personnel matters such as performance reviews, hiring, layoffs, pay issues and interpersonal conflicts. They bear the responsibility for the work of their entire team. They try to shield their teams from all the nonsense that's coming in from upper management so their teams can concentrate on their work. Some people thrive in this kind of job, but others don't. After being a manager for ten years, I got tired of the stress and went back to being a developer.

One more thing: new managers rarely get the training they need to do their jobs well. They have to learn by making mistakes (some of which can be very costly and painful).

I definitely think you should become a team lead before becoming a manager, since it gives you the opportunity to learn about leadership without having to deal with many of the other issues that a higher-up manager needs to deal with.

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