[ZephyrBlu]

> You learn it as you go

Kind of defeats the purpose of levels, no? Make me a Principal Engineer, I'll learn it as I go.

> And if you can't learn, you get put somewhere else

1) This is already what happens, except without the added risk of asking someone to perform a new higher level role

2) Demoting someone is basically impossible. They're just going to quit rather than taking a lower title and pay cut

[coldtea]

>Kind of defeats the purpose of levels, no? Make me a Principal Engineer, I'll learn it as I go.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slippery_slope

[scarface_74]

Weren’t you talking about promoting people without them proving themselves? At what level should they need to prove themselves before getting a promotion.

[coldtea]

Doesn't mean they have to "prove ourselves" at the next level they'll be promoted into, before they're promoted, which was the whole focus of the discussion...

[scarface_74]

Then how exactly do you decide who to promote?