[wellreally]

A lot of interviews about the motivation being some variant of teamwork or changing the world.

Not many people admitting the financial motivation.

[siddhant]

A lot of companies these days have parallel tracks for ICs and managers, so I'm not sure that the financial motivation holds at such places.

[haseeb1431]

agreed. Being an IC with less stress and getting similar compensation while enjoying the architectural work seems more lucrative