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Aug 11, 2026 · R&D Management

Are Your Engineering Skills Fading? A Technical Manager’s Midnight Reflections

The article explores a technical manager’s late‑night anxieties about losing coding ability, explains why engineering skills decay while management skills endure, and offers concrete strategies—including a two‑year trial period and a critical time window—to retain hands‑on competence and safely transition between roles.