If you're tired of being a programmer, then you're looking at changing your career. Management is one of the options for your new career, along with many others.
There is not a "natural progression" from being a programmer to being a manager. They are very different and distinct occupations.
> Can I leverage my experience (i think i have a lot..) to move into a management role when i don't have any job experience in that role?
Your programming experience does not translate into managerial experience. If you really want to get into management, you'd be well-advised to seek out training in that field no matter how experienced a programmer you are.
That said, once you have managerial chops, your programming experience has value. Not in terms of being a manager generally, but in terms of being a better manager of programmers. In other words, it's a value-add -- but you need to have the baseline value before there's something to add to.
There is not a "natural progression" from being a programmer to being a manager. They are very different and distinct occupations.
> Can I leverage my experience (i think i have a lot..) to move into a management role when i don't have any job experience in that role?
Your programming experience does not translate into managerial experience. If you really want to get into management, you'd be well-advised to seek out training in that field no matter how experienced a programmer you are.
That said, once you have managerial chops, your programming experience has value. Not in terms of being a manager generally, but in terms of being a better manager of programmers. In other words, it's a value-add -- but you need to have the baseline value before there's something to add to.