[v-erne]

So You propose that the future for every developer is either go up or go out? Am I the only one that this reeks of pyramid scheme?

In reality only one in ten can become "principal engineer". But it does not mean that the other nine does not have any skills and should not work in the field.

I have seen this sentiment many times and I'm cannot understand why so many people is blind to the fact that this attitude creates serious systematic problems and is inhuman (because some abstract efficiency takes precedence over well-being).