Very interesting editorial, thanks.

This is something I have thought a lot about, and I think many other have too. I once worked as a team manager once but that was not for me, I immediately began slightly drifting away from the technical stuff and instead had to do some personnel administration. It was so boring! Please note that I mean no offence to managers in general, good managers really are extremely valuable, it just wasn't for me, and I'm sure there are those who enjoy the managing parts but find the technical details very boring ;).

I know that I never want to be responsible for other persons, I'd rather get better at the developing and designing.

One thing that has struck me is that I haven't seen many persons in their 50s-60s working striktly with software-/database development. However, I hope I still do that when I close in on that age, though maybe by then I will have more say over what I should work with and how it should be done thanks to my experience. Who knows?