Comment by apwell23
2 years ago
They are not bullshit. They are created by companies to suppress compensation. For example we have "staff engineer" which is supposedly doing a lot of high level stuff across the whole organization, but org provides very few such opportunities. So everyone is stuck with "senior engineer" pay grade and the employer gaslights you into "oh you only deserve senior pay because you are not good enough for next pay grade"
That's a bit of a strange take on it from my point of view; most companies do have a role pyramid where they need relatively fewer people exercising certain responsibilities as you go up.
Companies are not going to pay people for just meeting the bar, but actually for doing the higher-level work, right?
If you're ready for the next level but can't find an opportunity inside your current firm (for whatever reason) then that can be a signal that you should be looking for another opportunity if you care about fulfilling that ambition.
> If you're ready for the next level
how does one know this ?
Self-knowledge, ability of observe and understand the work that others are doing, ability to influence, perception of your peers etc.
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