Update career post

[nickmyyz]

@rebeccadee Not super urgent but I noticed they've updated the engineering career ladder so I wanted to make sure we reflected that. See https://sourcegraph.slack.com/archives/C0EPTDE9L/p1645212239210889

For posts like these, do you think it would be useful to include a changelog at the top documenting changes as they're made?

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[rebeccadee]

@nickmyyz You are closer to this topic than me so you might understand, what happened to IC7?

To answer your question about a changelog of sorts, I've seen articles have a note at the bottom about the date when they were updated and why. I think that could work without distracting people at the outset of the post, what do you think?

[nickmyyz]

I'm not sure actually! I'll ask and maybe ask for a review here too to make sure we're accurate.

[nickmyyz]

@lguychard @yinquanteo tagging you both in for a non-urgent review! I saw we deprecated IC7 and added profiles for IC5 so I wanted to make sure our post reflects the framework's current state.

[yinquanteo]

@nickmyyz Thanks for thinking about this and for reaching out. My 2 cents – the career framework is something organic that will continually evolve. The existing dimensions (proficiency, execution, teamwork), definition of IC5, creating of IC6, and other components are all things that can change or be added to.

Rather than coming back to edit the blog post each time it changes**, my recommendation is to add in your blog post somewhere that "this is what our career framework looks like as of xxx date but it's something that's evolving as we learn and grow as a company etc. here's a link to the source of truth (i.e. what's in our handbook)."

Does that work?

** Someone is definitely going to forget doing that. The reason you're proposing this change to the post in the first place is presumably because you noticed my announcement regarding the launch of IC5. I'd imagine there will be many changes that don't warrant an announcement. And that unless you build some process around being notified of all the changes, you're not going to have visibility into that.

cc @chrispine, @nicksnyder, @felixfbecker who are also co-authors on the original post in case you had any thoughts on the topic

[nicksnyder]

I think it is fine to do a minor edit here to remove IC 7 (I proposed updated edits because I think the original diff here is actually not correct) and I also agree with Yink. I don't think we should necessarily expect to keep this up-to-date over time.

[nicksnyder]

The edit here should just be to delete IC 7.

Suggested change

	[IC5](https://handbook.sourcegraph.com/engineering/career-development/framework#ic5) and [IC6](https://handbook.sourcegraph.com/engineering/career-development/framework#ic6) are deliberately left without bullet points because the impact an IC5 and IC6 makes will vary between individuals. For IC5, we've put together a [list of profiles](https://handbook.sourcegraph.com/departments/product-engineering/engineering/career-development/ic5/) that evoke common traits amongst IC5 engineers. Here, we encourage engineers to use these profiles in "career growth conversations between ICs and EMs, and in calibration discussions between EMs and directors."
	[IC5](https://handbook.sourcegraph.com/engineering/career-development/framework#ic5) describes “A different IC role from levels 1-4, with a focus on technical leadership.”
	[IC6](https://handbook.sourcegraph.com/engineering/career-development/framework#ic6) is deliberately left without bullet points, having not yet been finalized.

[nickmyyz]

@yinquanteo @nicksnyder thanks both! I'll accept the edits and add a note at the top explaining that this article is a snapshot in time and link to the handbook source of truth.

[nickmyyz]

@rebeccadee I think this is ready to merge given Nick's feedback. Would you mind giving this a stamp when you can?