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It's more complex than that, though. If you're meeting with people outside your company, your title can influence how they see you. If you're meeting with a bun
by RHSeeger 5y ago
It's more complex than that, though. If you're meeting with people outside your company, your title can influence how they see you. If you're meeting with a bunch of "Director" level people and you're a "Senior", they may treat you as a lesser member of the group. This can be impactful to your ability to accomplish your goals within that group at times.
- kodah 5y agoThat may be true, but definitely not in my experience. I have included my job historically on emails eg: Software Engineer but never my level. I don't even put that on internal emails because I see it as my business and no one else's. This includes when I worked side by side with sales folks from time to time at a start up. If you didn't feel like working with me if I was a SWE I but you feel like it with a Principal, why would I want to work with you? People do care that someone will show up and answer all their questions in a thorough and non-elitist (read: talking over people's heads) way.
- RHSeeger 5y agoI think your experience is fairly characteristic of software developers. However, there's a lot of other segments out there where title comes into play a lot heavier; where it caries weight in the same way experience does. It's probably also worth noting that title can impact pay when it comes to a job; a lot of companies have pay caps based on title. Really, my point was that title is more than just self-gratification.