But, at any single point in time, we are doing the only thing we can, so that has to be our best at that moment :)
Like I used to be a software developer, and as I grew in my career I did less and less coding with time. Am I a less proficient developer today? 100%.
Just imagine if you had to go back and start from the bottom again. Could you?
And as you said after, as your role developed, so did your skills. The coding challenges turned into people leader challenges.
The question is not if I could or not. Like... I feel this is more about resiliency than anything. I think I would definitely find it very hard.
But that's for everything I think. Redoing stuff in general is not something I like in general. I used to work in a summer job and I was doing the same movement and I was so depressed after each shift.
Imagine there was people working there for like 40 years. Doing this. over. and. over. ugh!