I agree but some people seem to thrive on managing people or on the status upgrade of being called a manager that its worth it for them. Really depends on the p

I agree but some people seem to thrive on managing people or on the status upgrade of being called a manager that its worth it for them. Really depends on the personality. Overall though you're right - the pay gap isn't significant in most places and there's a bit more stress in being a manager I think. I'm sticking to IC till AI takes my job :)