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Also, having managed people, I don't really like it and derive much more joy and satisfaction from being an IC working on technical stuff primarily. Definitely

• quickthrower2 3y ago
  Yes. Although making IC tracks is great and all, the power to get big things done involves organizing and leading people, so the natural state will be that a leadership career will go higher than a technical career on average. And balancing that is putting a hand on the scale (takes continuing effort) and indeed is a political or strategic decision, so it is up to the leaders to implement! That said in 2023 you can go a long way into upper middle class and rich without needing to lead people, or kill them in wars, and still do creative and non-repetitive work. So we are very lucky to live in this era!