Dual career ladder
On [#stanier-effective-manager], 15th chapter:
Also known as Y shaped. It describes the career path for professions that start in a single thread and then derive into two. The software development disciplines can serve as a good example:
_ Individual contributor (IC) track (LN + 1...LY)
/
Software developer (L1..LN) -
\_ Management track (LN + 1...LZ)
Both paths should have similar pay ranges. To get a bit more familiar with this example, go to 202105131506 About being an individual contributor versus being a manager
It's worth mentioning that this might not be a one-way street: 202105131622 Engineering or Manager pendulum
[#stanier-effective-manager]: Stanier, Dr. James. Become an Effective Software Engineering Manager. 1st ed. S.l.: Pragmatic Bookshelf, 2020.