[mindcrash]

I hope financial growth is not the only thing that drives your career, because if it is you won't really get nourishment out if it. And a happy career is a good career.

That said, if you are really considering a management role -- not because it pays better, but mainly because the job excites you and you love the challenge to keep both your engineers and your boss happy -- Michael Lopp's blog [0] and book "Managing Humans" [1] are certainly some things which you want to read.

I personally also love Meri Williams' blog, which also contains all her talks on managing geeks. In my personal opinion both are the kind of people you would like to have to run your team(s), and their insights on how to properly manage people are invaluable.

[0] http://randsinrepose.com/

[1] http://www.managinghumans.com/

[2] http://blog.geekmanager.co.uk/