An impact-based level system for engineering organizations

Years ago, @heyalexfriedman introduced me to one of my favorite leadership / management frameworks. I can't find who originally created it, but I've referred to it as the "autonomy pyramid" for years. I think about it as I'm managing folks, hiring, all that good stuff. Here's how it works:
There are 5 levels to the... See more

How my brain has started to evaluate candidate "seniority" after hundreds of job interviews. This is a vaccine against "Manager Mode", which can promote a lot of Level 1 people to the top of an organization. https://t.co/2aqOURz1ps
-Most atomize compensation by role and piece work. Perhaps a third way where something like core contributors have a base role and then are rewarded for extra work. Compensation can be hard to pin down for roles like business development or strategy.