E) a title like 'Senior Software Engineer' should be reserved for someone who has MADE and SHIPPED and GENERATED MONEY Not all software is made to make money.

E) a title like 'Senior Software Engineer' should be reserved for someone who has MADE and SHIPPED and GENERATED MONEY Not all software is made to make money. There is a more convincing argument that saving time is a motivator in a significant proportion of software either directly or indirectly; but honestly that ugly assumption of monetary motivation in everything of value is quite alienating to some of us - even in something as benign (?) as a discussion here.