> "This line of reasoning is popular, but it lacks one perspective: people are social animals and many instinctively want to climb hierarchies."
Managing people is a shit job. You spend your time in endless meetings and playing politics. You're tasked with day-to-day HR-related tasks. You need to keep everybody satisfied. Your salary won't necessarily be any higher. You get the blame for stuff. You have to delegate away the fun work. You lose touch and rust faster. If you're lucky, some of the people you work with will actually like you - but if your team doesn't deliver then it doesn't really matter...
What makes any of this sound like you're somehow "climbing"?
Managing people is a shit job. You spend your time in endless meetings and playing politics. You're tasked with day-to-day HR-related tasks. You need to keep everybody satisfied. Your salary won't necessarily be any higher. You get the blame for stuff. You have to delegate away the fun work. You lose touch and rust faster. If you're lucky, some of the people you work with will actually like you - but if your team doesn't deliver then it doesn't really matter...
What makes any of this sound like you're somehow "climbing"?