Is it ok? I think it should be but in my experience it doesn’t often seem to be. A mid level developer who has been mid level for many years and doesn’t want to

Is it ok? I think it should be but in my experience it doesn’t often seem to be. A mid level developer who has been mid level for many years and doesn’t want to become senior level is probably more senior than he/she realizes, but even if they forever continue as a true mid level developer, that needs to be ok. Same with junior level. I had a career before software and I knew many people twice my age whom I was “better” than at our jobs, and no one ever thought to fire that person because they weren’t ambitious enough. It’s accepted in many industries that many people won’t get promoted this decade, nor will they be let go. That isn’t always good but I think on the whole it’s more good than bad.