I used the word "senior" to mean engineers who are more experienced - sorry, that was not clear. > it's a bit odd for principle engineer to report to senior en

I used the word "senior" to mean engineers who are more experienced - sorry, that was not clear. > it's a bit odd for principle engineer to report to senior engineer/manager-in-training, no? No. This is where, I think, we disagree. In most startups, people report to a founder who is CEO-in-training. There are so many examples of these, that I assume that reasonable people don't find that odd. If that is the case, why should it be odd that a senior engineer reports to someone relatively early in their management role (but not new to technology profession)?