Artifact: Ladder Behavior Mapping — Maya's Recent Actions
Three of a report's recent actions mapped against the Senior Engineer ladder rung's own stated text -- exercises co-06. Everline and every name here are fictional; every quote is an illustrative, constructed example.
| Maya's recent action | Ladder rung cited | Meets it? |
|---|---|---|
| Wrote a one-page design note for the event-retry logic before coding it, and defended the choice of exponential backoff over fixed retry in her 1:1. | "Proposes a design approach for a multi-day task before writing code, and can defend a trade-off in it." | Yes -- first time this quarter. |
| Reviewed 1 PR this week, only because Priya assigned it directly. | "Reviews at least 2-3 PRs a week beyond assigned ones, catching design issues, not just style." | Not yet -- volume and initiative both short of the rung. |
| Caught a subtle off-by-one in a teammate's PR during that one assigned review, with a specific suggested fix. | (Same PR-review rung as above) | Partial -- when she does review, the depth is already there; frequency is the gap. |
Last updated July 17, 2026