Its an endemic problem in almost all industries that upward mobility means "management" despite it often being a completely divergent and esoteric skillset from

Its an endemic problem in almost all industries that upward mobility means "management" despite it often being a completely divergent and esoteric skillset from the job you were hired on for, and often one that is less resource intensive to train for - learning good managerial skills can often be a weekend seminar, versus the years it takes to become competent in a companies codebase. But of course the boss sets the salaries so thats where the money ends up going.