So if you work in a company, and you are " getting ahead" in the company, it means that you started at the bottom, and you're working your way up, up, up, the ladder.

所以，如果你在一家公司工作，并且你在公司里“出人头地” ，这意味着你是从底层做起，然后你一直在努力向上、向上、向上， 不断攀升。