Not everybody can or should become a manager.
I talk to too many professionals who feel like becoming a manager is the inevitable next step in their career.
They dread this because they’d much rather be coding, designing, or doing whatever it is they already do.
My answer to them: keep doing that.
Managing people isn’t the only way to earn more. Titles aren’t the only path to more influence.
Unless you really, truly want the responsibility of mentoring others, providing ongoing, candid feedback, and helping the people who report to you succeed, you shouldn’t manage.
If that doesn’t describe you, there’s nothing wrong with that.