00:00Engineers build the product, so why do managers earn more?
00:04Engineering managers average about $130,000.
00:07Engineers, $90,000.
00:09That's a $40,000 gap.
00:11Same company, different title.
00:14Managers get paid for decisions that move the whole business, not just one code base.
00:19And senior product managers?
00:21They control what gets built and what drives revenue.
00:24That's leverage.
00:26Finance managers are quietly pulling ahead, too, because fewer people want those roles now.
00:31Less competition, higher pay, simple.
00:35Now, if you're a specialist engineer, you can absolutely flip this.
00:39The gap isn't about code versus spreadsheets.
00:42It's about who owns the outcome.
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