This article is ambiguous. Are we talking about the ramp for onboarding and productivity within a specific company/role, or are we talking about some measure o

This article is ambiguous. Are we talking about the ramp for onboarding and productivity within a specific company/role, or are we talking about some measure of absolute skill and productivity? The former is a legit consideration, the latter is meaningless without knowing the ceiling (ie. a very senior person is not growing fast is not a problem if they already have exceptional abilities). Also, in either case, it's very misleading to show a linear graph as presented here. These graphs will be much more curved in both cases. The entire trick of hiring is anticipating what those graphs will look like down the line.