Lots claim to, but then end up with a manager per 10 devs, a senior manager per 5 managers, a director for 5 senior managers. vs 2 principal engineers for the

Lots claim to, but then end up with a manager per 10 devs, a senior manager per 5 managers, a director for 5 senior managers. vs 2 principal engineers for the entire org up to the director. So you can either jump over to management and be a senior manager a few years later and a director a few years after that, or you can stick around at senior engineer for another 5-10 years and maybe move up to principal.