About OrgLadder

OrgLadder is an interactive map of how a typical company is organized: what every department and team actually does, how to read job titles, and free training paths into data and analytics roles.

It started as a personal project by someone working in analytics who wanted to understand what the engineers, IT, finance, and sales teams around them really did all day. The org chart is a composite of common structures, not any single company; yours will differ.

What is on the site

• The org chart. A clickable tree of 10 departments and 70 roles, from the executive team down to individual contributors. Each node explains what the team does, who it works with, and the tools it uses.
• One page per role. Each of the 70 role guides covers responsibilities, skills, a title ladder from entry level to management, a hiring-demand label, and a "How to get here" section with salary, experience, certifications, and training.
• Role titles decoded. Plain-English explanations of what titles like "Analytics Engineer" or "Solutions Architect" usually mean in practice.
• Training paths. Links to free or low-cost courses, grouped by the role they lead to.
• Current openings. Each role page links to a search for that title on public job boards, optionally filtered to the city you enter. OrgLadder does not host job listings itself.

Where the numbers come from

Salary, experience, and certification details are researched per role and stored with their sources. Every figure comes from a named, linked source, mostly the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (OES and the Occupational Outlook Handbook), published salary guides, and aggregate pay data from job sites; each role page lists them under "Sources & notes". Figures are US snapshots as of the date shown on the page, not live data, and they change often. Where a figure could not be found it is left out rather than estimated.

Hiring-demand labels ("High demand", "Steady demand", "Few openings") are editorial estimates of how often a role is posted, not live job counts. Role descriptions are general composites and deliberately avoid naming any specific employer.

Who runs it

OrgLadder is an independent project, not affiliated with any employer, job board, or training provider. The content is maintained by its author; corrections and suggestions are welcome through the contact page.

How the "Ask Claude" feature works

When enabled, each role panel lets you ask a question. Your question and a short description of the role are sent to Claude, an AI model made by Anthropic, and the answer is shown to you. Answers are generated automatically and can be wrong; treat them as a starting point, not career advice.

Advertising

OrgLadder is free to use. To cover hosting costs it may show advertising served by Google AdSense; see the privacy policy for details.