Need some clarification... if your impression is that you could continue to manage the company's technology and team, what would be the purpose/title of the rin

Need some clarification... if your impression is that you could continue to manage the company's technology and team, what would be the purpose/title of the ringer? A title of Director of Technology should not worry you at all. To the majority of the companies it is a managerial level title and can be used to move to higher management level titles/responsibilities. In this case it is also responsible for protecting revenues, etc. The Principle/Principal Engineer is usually given out to someone who has advanced the field in their discipline. The title progression usually goes to Distinguished Engineer/Scientist after that. I am not sure how often a Principal Engineer gets to switch to the management path. So, given your liking of management, I would go with the Director Of Technology.