This is a deep topic, but options include a) go deep on a subject core to the business, b) expose self to more risk.https://twitter.com/tenderlove/status/733432540002816000 …
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You don't have to move into management to continue leveling up as a developer career-wise, but you do have to find increasing leverage.
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That could involve moving to an employer who can make better use of you (AppAmaGooBookSoft can apply you to more problems at once).
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It could involve moving to part of an employer where you're more directly responsible for controlling key economic levers than median dev.
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It could mean using coding as force-multiplier for some other very valuable professional skill. You might lose dev title, but program daily.
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It could mean establishing self as a leading consultant in a particular hard, commercially valuable problem. (ActiveRecord optimization?)
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It could even mean founding a software company, though fair warning, there are huge swings in your commit graph based on phase of business.
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(FWIW, I've written more software in last 12 months than in my entire 10 year career as a developer and owner/operator of ~3 businesses.)
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(That's really satisfying to the developer in me and, ahem, probably not optimal when viewed by many other axes.)
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