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Will Durant puts this very succinctly in "Lessons of History" [1]: "History reports that the men who can manage men manage the men who can manage only things,
by jonathanfoster 7y ago
Will Durant puts this very succinctly in "Lessons of History" [1]:
"History reports that the men who can manage men manage the men who can manage only things, and the men who can manage money manage all."
In my experience, a management role has typically come with 10-20% more compensation versus a comparable individual contributor role, but 100% more responsibility and accountability. I wouldn't worry too much about parity between the two tracks, focus on what you truly enjoy doing. Besides, the money guys can fire us all ;-)
[1] https://www.amazon.com/Lessons-History-Will-Durant/dp/143914995X/ https://www.amazon.com/Lessons-History-Will-Durant/dp/143914...
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