“Ladder logic is essentially the idea that progress means moving up, moving up in a career ladder, moving up in a pay grade, always seeing this sort of linear path from maybe intern up to the C-suite.”

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describes "ladder logic" as the belief that career progress is a linear upward climb and warns that chasing that ladder can silence personal desire

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