Senior Director here, I moved into people management from being a frontend developer (and still occasionally pop into that role, project depending...)
I worry about your motivation for being a manager. I got into this role because I started to find people more interesting than programming. I enjoy shaping their career growth, resolving interpersonal problems, building culture, and even the 1:1s and retros. It has felt like an evolution of programming in a way; people are highly unpredictable, which results in a greater occurrence of unique challenges. I found with programming (especially frontend) that after a while the problems reveal a repetitive pattern.
All to say, does this interest you? Are you running towards this challenge, or away from your current role?
I worry about your motivation for being a manager. I got into this role because I started to find people more interesting than programming. I enjoy shaping their career growth, resolving interpersonal problems, building culture, and even the 1:1s and retros. It has felt like an evolution of programming in a way; people are highly unpredictable, which results in a greater occurrence of unique challenges. I found with programming (especially frontend) that after a while the problems reveal a repetitive pattern.
All to say, does this interest you? Are you running towards this challenge, or away from your current role?