Not only is the title meaningless, but the usage of it seems to be changing over time. When I started in the field (~2004) Senior felt like it was a 10 years o

Not only is the title meaningless, but the usage of it seems to be changing over time. When I started in the field (~2004) Senior felt like it was a 10 years of experience bar. Maybe this was just fallout from the .combomb, but it felt like something more real. Something where you've been through multiple release cycles, and have good instincts. Now it does seem to be a butt-in-chair measurement, and 5 years seems even on the higher end for what I hear is senior these days. I've seen some job applications for senior say 2-5 years of experience even. I feel like a part of this is related to compensation though, as companies love to say they anchor to x percentile of job title for their starting offer. In order to pay someone more, you have to inflate their title. Skill, other than interviewing skill, seems to have little to do with it.