Do managers earn more than developers?

So a developer with 10 years of experience will make more than a project manager with 5 years of work experience. Within the same project, a project manager might make more than a developer of equal or less experience.

Why do managers earn more than engineers?

Ask HN: Why are non-technical managers paid more than engineers? This person is offered more compensation than the engineers they’re managing. Often their skillset appears (to engineers at least) to consist only of the most basic skills required to function in an office environment.

What is an IT manager do?

IT managers help guide the technological direction of their organizations by constructing business plans, overseeing network security, and directing online operations.

Why do lower level managers need to have technical skills?

Answer Wiki. Depends on the actual role and duties of each manager. Lower level managers must have technical skills otherwise they will not be able to perform all their duties. Lower level managers directly supervise the work of their direct reports and are responsible, from a technical point of view, for their work.

Why do project managers get paid so much more than programmers?

So it still does not make sense. Whether project managers get higher salaries than programmers and business analysts at all exist as a class depends squarely on the software world you live in. A simple answer to this question would be “because in our societies, we still think the salary is bound to the position in the hierarchy.”

Can a technical staff become a manager?

As pointed out, technical staff can become managers, but it’s not automatic, by any means. Being skilled at programming is not a skill that transfers to managing, it can almost be the opposite, because computers program very differently than human beings.

Is technical staff worth more than the paid staff?

This is more true the higher up the management chain you go. If management decides well, the technical staff is worth a lot more than it is paid. But if management decides badly, the technical staff is worth less.