I came from a consulting environment and sorta fell into the management role. As per liking it. There are up and downs and surely the increased responsibility is somewhat daunting initially. the best parts are helping to manage the human capital of a company. Its interesting to see how folks get motivated and what exactly drives people to propel upwards. The "being in charge" part loses its luster rigth after your first real PNL meeting (profit and loss meeting). However , the perks outweigh. As per the future, not really sure but in reality in order to succeed in the business world, I have felt that a technical skill can help propel you into the management side. Now having arrived at that juncture its becoming more and more apparent to me that you need to get some sales experience. Ultimately (especially for engineeers) you need to start making money for the company as opposed to be an expense item on a balance sheet...