When Do You Finally Climb Down from the Ladder?

Stage-directions: "But I came to a dark realization one day — to paraphrase Dazed and Confused — I got older, but my techs stayed the same age. As my body began to give me hints that my time working at height was drawing to a close, I had to come to terms with the fact that I would have to resign myself to the office or to what I used to refer to as “stupid-vising” my crews. It taught me a couple of important lessons, though, on how to manage a crew instead of simply work among them."