At larger companies its pretty easy to see where the delineation is in major pay groupings. It is a pyramid and the top two layers are often paid a lot more (p

At larger companies its pretty easy to see where the delineation is in major pay groupings. It is a pyramid and the top two layers are often paid a lot more (per person) than the rest. Working at a smaller company (~100-200) it is really hard to know where you stand and what opportunities there are for a promotion/major pay increase. You may often read on here and elsewhere that you should job change every 2 years and you will see significant pay increases. Major pay bumps in my mind are 10-20% more. This only works to a point and will plateau. Once you are a senior enough you are in the "top" tier for that role and other paths are actually different skills. Management is not engineering and consulting isn't all engineering either.