There are 'promotions', but they're basically entirely disconnected from day-to-day work. I'm a 2; the lead is a 4, my boss is a 6 (all in the technical track).

There are 'promotions', but they're basically entirely disconnected from day-to-day work. I'm a 2; the lead is a 4, my boss is a 6 (all in the technical track). There's a separate management track, which has very similar salaries to technical ones (maybe 10-15% higher), which leave you with plenty of time to do technical tasks (management tasks account for 10-50% of a person's time, depending on the level of management), and I assume there is a tier where they don't disclose the salary structure for "executives" (major organizational leads). I'll get promoted to a 3 at some point in the next year or two; then I'll be a 3 for a really long time (with annual raises), and eventually get bumped to a 4.