Career Ladder
Engineering for the Rest of Us by Sarah Drasner
Here is a microsite I set up where I open sourced all of my careers ladders: career-ladders.dev [11]
The Staff Engineer's Path by Tanya Reilly
Job ladders vary from company to company, enough that it's given rise to a website, levels.fyi that compares technical track ladders across companies. I also recommend progression.fyi, which also has an extensive collection of ladders published by various tech companies. [41]
A job title vests authority in the people who might not automatically receive it, and communicates their expected competency level. By anchoring expectations, it saves them the time and energy they would otherwise have to spend proving themselves again and again. [42]