Well as silly as it sounds, I like mine to be around 10.5, Not 11 like Ty does……. 😉
I run my max just a little under where Ty sets his max, but probably use the same type tools to get a more finished sound, like multi-band compression as well as limiting for final mix.
But as Ty said, for CD, you want your max output level to peak under digital 0.
Good Luck with your projuct!