Individual Company Ladders
Explore various engineering career ladders used by companies to define role expectations and career progression. Learn how technical skills, leadership, communication, and impact are evaluated across different organizations to help you navigate and grow in your software engineering career.
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Quite a few companies publicly share their engineering ladders. Here, we will take a brief look at each, but feel free to dive into each to appreciate the fuller details.
Fog Creek from 2009
This from 2009, but obviously, Joel’s thinking has been very influential. Focus is on growing ownership, ability to write production code independently, shipping experience, and at senior levels, design/planning/architecture. Teamwork, self-study, mentorship, and impact are all key, as well as the Joel Test.