Higher than a manager at the same company? Be at one of the companies that offers a separate promotion track for engineering. Higher than managers in general?

Higher than a manager at the same company? Be at one of the companies that offers a separate promotion track for engineering. Higher than managers in general? Keep interviewing, raising your rate and you should get there. I mean if you work in software dev you probably already make a shitload more than a lot of people with "manager" in their title so just double down on what works.