This is getting a lot of hate here, but having a well defined career track is useful. So many people want to know what they need to do to advance in their caree

This is getting a lot of hate here, but having a well defined career track is useful. So many people want to know what they need to do to advance in their career, yet for some reason think all they need to do is be good at closing tickets. Well, that’s not job at the upper levels. Yes, you do need an opportunity to demonstrate the skills, but it’s surprising how many people in my experience don’t understand that the job changes. “Oh! But we have a flat organization”, you (cough Netflix cough) say. No you don’t. You have a shadow hierarchy. It’s there. The rubrics still exist. The “politics” and hurt feelings still exist. It’s just that the reasons are kept hidden, perhaps to make promotions more arbitrary and capricious. Does having an actual career make promotions and performance reviews objective? Of course not. Does it make promotions and performance reviews more aligned across the company? Yeah it does. This is as much a tool for management, as it is for ICs.