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In that case, it's hard to move to a manager of one, as some people have to support more than a single mentee. And they end up being consumed by their "managerial" work, i.e. being a manager instead of an IC.
But, this does open the question: can you build a team structure from the ground up, even a large one, where you've got managers of one only, but have a reasonable seniority structure (eg. a software engineer with 2 yoe could manage someone with 6 months or less).