I know I can manage two managers and maybe a golden boy engineer. That's three people. That's not that many. Really. Now that I have the sleep meeting thing understood I can sometimes sleep work while at a sleep meeting while everyone else sleep talks. I can do this. I know I can, but I just need to be given the chance. The only way I will be able to become Manager 2 is if another Manager 2 is promoted or laid off or dies. More people get promoted than laid off, a few die. There is no demotion after Manager 2, which is scary. You get laid off. It keeps me up at night. Really. Once one is two steps into the Manager queue one can only get popped off. This means I can lose my job. This scares me. And what about promotion. Can I still develop all the tools and still be a good Manager 3?