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Great question. If I may make some suggestions in 3 parts:
Part 1: Present
What are your priorities for the next 5 to 10 years? Consider which are most important to you:
a. Cash
b. Stability
c. Career Building
d. Industry Reputation
Part 2: Future
g. What would you like to be doing 10 years from now?
Part 3: Building Fulfillment
j. Are you good at managing people, to the point that the company benefits? Or would the company be better off if you were in a hands-on role? (you seem to indicate it is the former, just want to emphasise the importance of this item)
k. Are there areas in your personal life where you can enjoy hands-on things?
m. Which area(s) in your personal life merit a bit of investment?
I can only speak for American companies but if you work for American companies (startup or public) you should be able to find staff/principle engineer roles in orgs that allow you to remain hands on and have the same salary caps that VPs or CTOs have.
Every org is different though so it will take some shopping around to find one that fits you well. But I'm positive there are many orgs looking for folks like yourself.