About two years ago we started noticing (in 1on1’s, surveys, etc.) a growing interest in the progression possibilities from the people in the Engineering Department. Up to that point we always handled professional development ad hoc: when somebody was standing out in their job they were promoted, given a raise, or offered training and mentoring to progress further in their role. After several years, we had grown from 50 to 190 people and this was not enough anymore, people wanted to know what was expected from their role, what was needed to progress, and what options they had. We learned a while ago that when we face a challenge it rarely is something very specific to us and most of the time we find that many other companies faced similar ...