I hated how as a developer the requirements weren't understood, written down or changed weekly, completion was extremely hard to achieve, and I always ended up in crunch time redoing work (weekends and evenings). So I became a BA.
As a BA I hated how there was no communication regarding schedules or scope or active client management and everything ended up in crunch time. So I became a PM.
As a PM I got loaded down with too many projects to effectively manage and got no support from management. So I became a Development Manager.
As a development manager there was no support from senior management, good PM's were rare, developers were still getting abused (evening and weekends) and I had to pick up the slack. So I became a President.
As a president, I had to oversee ridiculous metrics and play financial games with shareholders that only cared for extracting as much money as possible from the company. And constantly try to straddle a line between looking out for myself or others, especially in terms of my own compensation (every dollar I take is 1 dollar less to retain talent or add to the team).
As a BA I hated how there was no communication regarding schedules or scope or active client management and everything ended up in crunch time. So I became a PM.
As a PM I got loaded down with too many projects to effectively manage and got no support from management. So I became a Development Manager.
As a development manager there was no support from senior management, good PM's were rare, developers were still getting abused (evening and weekends) and I had to pick up the slack. So I became a President.
As a president, I had to oversee ridiculous metrics and play financial games with shareholders that only cared for extracting as much money as possible from the company. And constantly try to straddle a line between looking out for myself or others, especially in terms of my own compensation (every dollar I take is 1 dollar less to retain talent or add to the team).
So I quit.