I think it would start small, at the team level. The expectation is leading a small team at the moment.
Dude I don't think you realize how skilled you are, don't sell yourself short. You are unquestionably better than I am at current technology. I'm likely better than you on the modeling + simulation end only because I've done it for years and it's probably not an item of interest for you, but you destroy me on DevOps.
You belong, dude. You do. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
Yeah I'm older than you by approximately 5 years, so that's kind of what spawned this. I am intending on retiring early; I'd like to work for 15 or so more years and that's it. The details are very personal, but my monthly expenses are going to exponentially increase at or around that time for a variety of reasons so I need a lot of savings to make that possible.
My other alternative is winning the lottery, buying my own race track and zipping around all day in a Lexus LFA Nurburgring Edition or 992 GT3 RS/Cayman GT4 RS. EDIT: f*** that, let's get 'em both, and add in a shit load of other cars, why not?
This is exactly my hope.
Well, in my case the managerial role would come with more money but due to the way my contract is structured it would actually be quite a bit different than just that. I already feel like I'm seriously overpaid for my talent level. I feel like I'm persistently in the right place at the right time, and that I'm not really special in any way or exceptionally good at anything. But I know the type of people I'm interested in working with, I know the kind of group I'd like to lead, and I know that I'm too old to not look into this.