For pooping in the hot tub, of course
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguish
Not dickish; a learned lesson.
Levels is great for the tech industry. (Possibly other industries as well, but that’s the one I am familiar with)
A surprising number of people don’t know about levels.fyi
Go to levels.fyi, find some companies and compare at your level. For a long time I was like “ain’t no way these numbers are accurate, people are getting paid that much?” YES THE NUMBERS ARE ACCURATE; your company’s excuses for a shitty raise this year (“blah blah market conditions, blah blah you are already on the upper end of your band, let’s work on a promotion next year”) are bullshit.
Also, why not send them to the recycle bin? I never really thought about it before, but that does seem a reasonable UX improvement for this case