It is nothing new. It is similar since way back to MSFT times in the 90s and then google changed things a bit in the early 2000s. Heck, I worked at a stogy fi

It is nothing new. It is similar since way back to MSFT times in the 90s and then google changed things a bit in the early 2000s. Heck, I worked at a stogy financial company way back in 2003, (Fidelity), and had similar grades for engineering (4 grades), then Director, or VP for the highest level. The Dropbox post would have been much more interesting if it had salary ranges attached to it. Otherwise it is just kinda fluff.