> It seems to me that many people who want to be managers are motivated by wanting to boss people around, i.e. they want power, not necessarily money. I've kno

> It seems to me that many people who want to be managers are motivated by wanting to boss people around, i.e. they want power, not necessarily money. I've known a few of these. Power and money, usually. Mainly because they were born with money, and think they deserve as much or more than their parents accumulated. I wouldn't say they're the most toxic people I know, but they're in about the 85th percentile.