I’ve never been promoted, in 20+ years of working in software. Hadn’t fully realized it until I saw this thread & thought through all the ‘transitions’ I’ve been through. Every time I got more money, more responsibility, AND a different title, it was because I changed companies.https://twitter.com/kf/status/1081791425577021440 …
I think that's not unusual in software. I have had the same through most of my career, though I did end up being promoted once. And then fired for not being able to do it (which was reasonable, it was a pretty impossible job for me given the circumstanced).