Btw, this article and associated discussion "If management isn't a promotion, then engineering isn't a demotion": https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24444644

Btw, this article and associated discussion "If management isn't a promotion, then engineering isn't a demotion": https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24444644 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24444644 also provides another perspective why choosing the management track has value beyond purely a salary motive.