“I think you are skipping one crucial requirement: you have to have rather good social skills to play the political games in any larger company to get into a management position. Also, in my experience the ability to speak louder than others is definitely an asset.
This is what many technically brilliant people fail at.”
–zetstream
Source: Programmer salaries and the glass ceilings — forcing happy programmers to become managers.
Yup, I’m screwed.