&gt;<i>I don&#x27;t think anyone would advocate a structure in which they themselves would be less valued than they are currently, that&#x27;s for sure.</i><p>Except if they genuinely believe in equality and hate being above&#x2F;managing other people, but rather be equal part of a team, even if that means losing their managing privileges...<p>It&#x27;s not like there are no people who didn&#x27;t dislike management and wanted (and some did) get back to plain programmer.