--- title: The Trident Model of Career Development | daily.dev description: Tech companies often use growth frameworks or career ladders to define shared expectations for growth and promotion. However, career ladders have limitations... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-trident-model-of-career-development-e4zsoxa5z twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The Trident Model of Career Development | daily.dev og:description: Tech companies often use growth frameworks or career ladders to define shared expectations for growth and promotion. However, career ladders have limitations... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-trident-model-of-career-development-e4zsoxa5z og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/E4ZSoxa5z.png og:image:alt: The Trident Model of Career Development og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # The Trident Model of Career Development **[Pat Kua](https://daily.dev/sources/patkua)** · 5 min read · 2 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Tech companies often use growth frameworks or career ladders to define shared expectations for growth and promotion. However, career ladders have limitations and can be treated as checklists. The Trident Career Model offers three tracks for career development: the Management Track, the Technical Leadership Track, and the True Individual Contributor Track. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#career](https://daily.dev/tags/career) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/the-trident-model-of-career-development-e4zsoxa5z) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"The Trident Model of Career Development","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-trident-model-of-career-development-e4zsoxa5z","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-trident-model-of-career-development-e4zsoxa5z"},"datePublished":"2024-05-15T11:57:24.020Z","dateModified":"2024-05-15T11:57:22.100Z","description":"Tech companies often use growth frameworks or career ladders to define shared expectations for growth and promotion. However, career ladders have limitations...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/b9fa030564b2859a723780336ac73615?_a=AQAEuiZ","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/b9fa030564b2859a723780336ac73615?_a=AQAEuiZ","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Pat Kua","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Pat Kua","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/a30bb52723a34409a38f61332532dbef","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/patkua"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-trident-model-of-career-development-e4zsoxa5z","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":2},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"career","timeRequired":"PT5M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Pat Kua","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/patkua"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"The Trident Model of Career Development"}]} ```