Part of the wave of level inflation; and if companies use titles instead of comp to hire folks who may consider title more valuable than comp (there are many).

Part of the wave of level inflation; and if companies use titles instead of comp to hire folks who may consider title more valuable than comp (there are many). Consider: you’re a manager that desperately wants to hire a candidate but can’t match their other offers comp. one easy way to lure the candidate is with other things, including inflated titles. Naturally, you shouldn’t put any meaning into these titles. They tend to mean vastly diff things across organizations.