In my experience, "systema design" has nothing to do with climbing the career ladder, except in a narrow sense of "architecture astronauts claiming credit for '

In my experience, "systema design" has nothing to do with climbing the career ladder, except in a narrow sense of "architecture astronauts claiming credit for 'designing' the work their teammates actually designed and implemented. Most people get promoted by inventing useful or at least measurable new tech. building a horrible system doesn't hurt anyone, since text debt doesn't collapse the project until after promotion.