> There’s always a balance. “If you’re at an organization who demands you do the next level job before promotion, they’re cheating you of the pay difference for

> There’s always a balance. “If you’re at an organization who demands you do the next level job before promotion, they’re cheating you of the pay difference for a period of time.” this is true, though i would say there are two things here. first, you're probably below the bar when you first start doing this work and so you're getting to train in an environment where it's not necessarily your job to do it. second, if you are meeting the role (and that role is desirable which is true for all software devs these days) then the the company should have a strong urge to get you promoted so you don't jump ship and take the job elsewhere.