>The fact of the matter is this, management _is_ a promotion, because you get paid more and you gain access to more powers. If it were _not_ a promotion within

>The fact of the matter is this, management _is_ a promotion, because you get paid more and you gain access to more powers. If it were _not_ a promotion within the company, no one would take it up. Disagree. It's a different job, not a harder or easier one. It's just a lateral move. Some people are better at managing people and projects, and some people are better at doing engineering. A lot of managers become managers when they realize they're a medium tier engineer and they're honest with themselves and realize the future is stagnation. These managers tend to be the better managers! They have more empathy for the tradeoffs that are occurring. That being said, where this is partially true is that it's certainly easier to move up the ladder as a manager than an IC, in my experience. There's just more jobs to be had.