There's a gamut of reasons, and it benefits all of managers, ICs, and the company. I like to point to Spotify's prose on building their engineering career ladde

There's a gamut of reasons, and it benefits all of managers, ICs, and the company. I like to point to Spotify's prose on building their engineering career ladder as a good example of why ladders can be important. 0. https://labs.spotify.com/2016/02/08/technical-career-path/ https://labs.spotify.com/2016/02/08/technical-career-path/ 1. https://labs.spotify.com/2016/02/22/things-we-learned-creating-technology-career-steps/ https://labs.spotify.com/2016/02/22/things-we-learned-creati...