What is a good way of moving from Engineering Manager back to Software Engineer after 2 years of doing EM and around 6 years as a SWE before that? I am not enjoying EM at all and didn’t realize that its a completely different role. Will it look like career regression to companies and will the 2 years of EMing be looked down upon for SWE positions.

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Hire EMs at a FANG company all day. Super common to go back and forth from EM to SWE and vice versa. I literally pass candidates to my SWE IC team constantly for this reason

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From the recruiter perspective, is there anything you’d want to see, perhaps on my resume or linkedin, that would indicate I’d be successful or a good candidate as an engineer? How can I represent my intent for the transition?

I have seen many move from engineering manager to principal engineer or architect role. IMO definitely not a regression, both are different roles and need different skills.

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Not a regression at all. They really are just two completely different roles. Have had a family member do the same.

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I think you'll be fine! Just make sure to indicate that you're a senior software engineer somehow on your resume throughout the transition.

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