So I guess I don't mean "hire a bunch of devs and see who emerges as a leader." I guess in my head it works out like you already have a group of "seniors," "arc

So I guess I don't mean "hire a bunch of devs and see who emerges as a leader." I guess in my head it works out like you already have a group of "seniors," "architects," etc. And when a new dev is hired, they don't get to just dive into the ranks of Sr/Arch. but should instead have to work to get there just like the original Sr/Arch devs did. But you're right, there is no perfect system.