CTO is a coding role. Also, coding roles are less valuable than CTO roles. If you like the money, keep the money and do your job well. If it's not about the m

CTO is a coding role. Also, coding roles are less valuable than CTO roles. If you like the money, keep the money and do your job well. If it's not about the money, get a coding role somewhere and know that your goal is to be a great coder, not to work up the company ladder. Being a coder is great, but realize that different jobs have different work and different values attached to them. Make sure what you want to be and what you do are aligned correctly so that you get what you actually want. It seems like what you think you want, what you are working towards, and what you are really doing aren't aligned.