Correct. I work at Stripe. By the way, this goes almost all-the-way-up. Even people who were former VPs at Google often have the title "Engineering Manager".

Correct. I work at Stripe. By the way, this goes almost all-the-way-up. Even people who were former VPs at Google often have the title "Engineering Manager". Sure, they mostly manage other EMs, but it's hard to precisely tell who is super senior and who isn't. This actually plays out nicely, as it encourages everyone to default to each other as equals. Later on you'll hear things like "did you know that person built the entire first version of Atlas by themselves?" only to realize they are, in fact, very experienced. :]