Site Rank Hierarchy?

[Eddie]

So we have
Student
Technician
Technologist
Engineer-in-Training
Engineer
Staff Engineer
Senior Engineer
Principal Engineer
Chief Engineer

What should the post counts be for these?

Eddie

[MysteryAlabaster]

So we have
Student
Technician
Technologist
Engineer-in-Training
Engineer
Staff Engineer
Senior Engineer
Principal Engineer
Chief Engineer

What should the post counts be for these?

Eddie

0-10 Student
11-20 Technician
21-35 Technologist
36-55 Engineer-in-Training
56-75 Engineer
76-105 Staff Engineer
106-140 Senior Engineer
141-180 Principal Engineer
181-225 Chief Engineer
226-??? ???


The way I got these numbers was for each rank, the number of posts you need increases by five.

//EDIT: Also, what is the possibility of getting a 'karma' system involved as well? If a user helped you, or is just generally being a good member of the community you can give their post or profile a +. If they suck-ass and are being a jerk, or talking down about the site or someone's work, you can give them a -.

For an example, and yes, I know it's ponies. But it uses this system in a good way.
http://www.everfreeforest.com/member...iewprofile&u=2
This user has 29 karma, and therefore is viewed as a good, rule-upholding member of the community.

Something to add would be, if your karma is too low, or not high enough, you aren't allowed to post in certain areas like any of the threads where people are looking for help.
This would allow those who act like trolls or jerks, to be treated as such.
It would have to be noted to everyone that abusing the system would result in the removal of that persons account and the placement of their IP on a list of those denied access to the site.