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> And as I stated, a manager should not necessarily make more money than the people they manage.

"Should not" is very different than "does not". In reality, managers almost always make more

Agreed. Mostly because managers are in charge of hiring and they would not hire someone reporting to them and making more than them.

I doubt that has anything to do with it. I've known at least one manager in the position of hiring developers who made far more than she did.

In the end, you have to do your job. If that job requires that you hire people making more than you, tough!

Then you've known a manager who was mature and professional enough to place the welfare of the company above her own ego. Such managers should be the norm; unfortunately the actual state of affairs is that they are rare and precious. I hope her employer realizes how lucky they were to find her, and does whatever it takes to make her happy enough to stay.

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