career · individual practice
Read your own practice, not your org's.
Seven compasses on the same 1.0–5.0 scale as everything else on kerte — but the band descriptors speak to your own habits, not an organisation's. Pick a track, answer honestly, get a maturity read grounded in evidence.
The seven career tracks
Vibe coder & AI-augmented engineer
Modern, AI-augmented software engineering practice — pairing, prompt engineering, secure coding, test engineering, release engineering, and career self-direction.
Start →Product manager track
Customer insight, strategy, execution, stakeholder management, data literacy, and vision — the PM craft ladder.
Start →Data scientist track
Statistics and ML rigor, engineering discipline, domain knowledge, communication, research, and business translation.
Start →UX designer track
Research, interaction design, visual craft, prototyping, systems thinking, and cross-functional influence.
Start →Solo founder readiness
Domain expertise, distribution, build speed, capital discipline, risk tolerance, network, and personal resilience.
Start →AI architect career compass
Staff+/Principal AI systems and agentic architecture, model strategy, MLOps, risk and safety, cost engineering, and influence.
Start →Mid-career switch readiness
Transferable skills, financial runway, learning agility, network in the target field, and a concrete plan.
Start →talk to us
Looking for an org read instead?
These 7 tracks are individual-tier — for assessing an organisation's practice, see what the engine covers more broadly.