Career Ladder

Noun · Hacker Culture

Definitions

  1. A structured framework describing levels, expectations, and progression paths within a role or job family. In tech organizations career ladders are used to clarify promotions, scope, and what growth actually means at each stage.

    In plain English: A structured progression framework showing how roles and expectations grow over time.

    Example: "The new career ladder helped senior engineers explain mentoring and system ownership in the same concrete language managers used for promotions."

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