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Last evaluation: June 15, 2024 (6 months ago) • Cooldown complete ✓

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Current Level

Senior

IC Track

3.72

Last Score

3.72 / 5.0

↑ 0.3 from prev

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Next Target

Architect

Need ≥3.8

🎓

Certifications

2 Active

1 in progress

Score Breakdown (IC Track Weights)

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🛠️

3.8

DEX (Technical)

40% weight

🚀

4.1

STR (Delivery)

25% weight

💡

3.5

WIS (Impact)

20% weight

👥

3.6

CHA (Leadership)

15% weight

IC Formula: (3.8×0.40) + (4.1×0.25) + (3.5×0.20) + (3.6×0.15) = 3.765 × Scenario = 3.72

🎓 Certifications

✓ AWS Solutions Architect Associate Mar 2023

✓ CKA (Kubernetes Administrator) Aug 2023

📚 AWS DevOps Professional 65% complete

🎯 Architect Requirements

Score ≥ 3.8 3.72 (need +0.08)

Professional Certification In progress

Choose Your Career Track

At Strong Middle (SM) level, you can choose between Individual Contributor or Management track. Each has different focus areas and pillar weights.

YOUR TRACK

🛠️

Individual Contributor

Deep technical expertise

Focus:Technical depth, architecture, complex problems

DEX weight:40%

CHA weight:15%

SM → S → A → P

👔

Management

People & team leadership

Focus:Team growth, hiring, planning, stakeholders

DEX weight:25%

CHA weight:30%

SM → TL → EM → Dir

Career Progression Map

Common Path (All Engineers)

N Trainee

J Junior

M Middle

SM Strong M ↓ Fork

IC

Individual Contributor

S Senior

A Architect

P Principal

IC Pillar Weights:

40%

DEX

25%

STR

20%

WIS

15%

CHA

M

Management

TL Tech Lead

EM Eng Mgr

Dir Director

Management Pillar Weights:

25%

DEX

20%

STR

25%

WIS

30%

CHA

Track Comparison

Aspect	🛠️ IC Track	👔 Management Track
Primary Focus	Technical depth, architecture	People, team growth, delivery
DEX Weight	40%	25%
CHA Weight	15%	30%
Scenario Types	Incident, Design, Security Audit	1:1 roleplay, Conflict, Hiring
Top Level	Principal (P)	Director (Dir)
Switch Back?	Yes, can switch tracks at next evaluation (with justification)

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Eligible

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Request Type

🚀 Promotion Request

I'm ready for next level (Senior → Architect)

📊 Performance Check

Feedback only, staying at current level

🔄 Track Change

Switch from IC to Management track (or vice versa)

Target Level

Why are you ready?

Self Assessment

Rate your skills 0-5. IC Track focuses on DEX (40%).

IC Track

☸️ Kubernetes 30% of DEX

3.8 avg

Core

4

Network

4

Security

3

Debug

5

Workloads

4

🏗️ Terraform 20% of DEX

3.4 avg

HCL

4

Modules

3

State

4

Providers

3

CI/CD

3

☁️ AWS 20% of DEX

3.6 avg

🐧Linux 15%

3.5

📊Observability 15%

3.2

👔 Management Skills Required for Management Track

These skills count toward CHA pillar. More important for Management track (30% vs 15% for IC).

Team Planning & Coordination

Sprint planning, capacity management, roadmaps

1:1 & Feedback

Career conversations, giving/receiving feedback

Hiring & Interviews

Screening, technical interviews, hiring decisions

Delegation & Autonomy

Task assignment, empowering team members

Conflict Resolution

Handling disagreements, difficult conversations

Stakeholder Management

Client communication, expectation setting

STR (Delivery) — Auto from Jira

Last 6 months data

4.1

Estimation Accuracy

94%

4.2

Sprint Completion

91%

4.0

Cycle Time

2.3d

4.3

Bug Rate

6%

3.8

Evaluation History

Latest June 15, 2024

3.72

Strong Middle → Senior (S) • IC Track

December 20, 2023

3.42

Middle → Strong Middle • IC Track

Levels by Track

IC

Individual Contributor Track

Level	Title	Score	Cert Gate	Salary
N	Trainee	0-1.0	—	$400-600
J	Junior	1.0-1.8	—	$600-900
M	Middle	1.8-2.5	—	$900-1,400
SM	Strong Middle	2.5-3.2	1 Associate	$1,400-1,800
S	Senior ← You	3.2-3.8	2 certs	$1,800-2,500
A	Architect	3.8-4.5	1 Professional	$2,500-3,500
P	Principal	4.5-5.0	External validation	$3,500+

M

Management Track

(Fork at SM level)

Level	Title	Score	Key Focus	Salary
TL	Tech Lead	3.2-3.8	Technical decisions + team	$2,000-2,800
EM	Eng Manager	3.8-4.5	People, hiring, team health	$2,800-4,000
Dir	Director	4.5-5.0	Strategy, multiple teams	$4,000+

Rules

⏱️ Cooldown

6 months between evaluations

📅 Annual

Must have 1 eval per year minimum

🔄 Track Switch

Can switch at any evaluation with justification

📉 Underperformance

Salary freeze (no demotion) + improvement plan

Skills by Track

IC

Technical Skills (DEX) — 25 skills

☸️

Kubernetes

30% • 5 skills

🏗️

Terraform

20% • 5 skills

☁️

AWS

20% • 5 skills

🐧

Linux

15% • 5 skills

📊

Observability

15% • 5 skills

M

Management Skills (CHA) — 6 skills

Team Planning

Sprint planning, capacity, roadmaps

1:1 & Feedback

Career growth, giving feedback

Hiring

Interviews, hiring decisions

Delegation

Task assignment, autonomy

Conflict Resolution

Disagreements, difficult talks

Stakeholders

Client communication

Practical Scenarios by Track

IC

Technical Scenarios

🚨 Incident Production API Latency Spike

K8s • L3-4 • 45 min

🏗️ Design Multi-Environment Terraform

Terraform • L4-5 • 60 min

👀 Review EKS Security Audit

Security • L4 • 30 min

M

Management Scenarios

💬 1:1 Underperformer Feedback Session

TL/EM • 30 min roleplay

Role-play: Give critical feedback to underperforming engineer while maintaining motivation.

⚔️ Conflict Architecture Disagreement

TL • 25 min

Two senior engineers disagree on approach. How do you resolve and decide?

👥 Hiring Interview Evaluation

EM • 20 min

Review interview notes for a candidate. Make hire/no-hire decision with justification.

🔥 Crisis Team Morale Crisis

EM • 30 min

Project failed, team is demoralized. Design a recovery plan and present it.

📊 Planning Sprint at Risk

TL • 20 min

Mid-sprint, 2 engineers overloaded, deadline at risk. What actions do you take?

🧮 Score Calculator

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Inputs

🛠️ DEX (40%) 3.8

🚀 STR (25%) 4.1

💡 WIS (20%) 3.5

👥 CHA (15%) 3.6

🎯 Scenario Score 4

Result

// IC Track Formula

Base = (DEX×0.40) + (STR×0.25) + (WIS×0.20) + (CHA×0.15)

= 3.765

Final = Base × Scenario = 3.77

Final Score

3.77

Senior (S)

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Azamat Karimov

Senior → Architect • IC Track

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