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Title inflation is real. 2 years ago I was hired as Staff with pretty high bar to clear. This year I know a team where all the seniors complain they’re not St
by throwarayes 5y ago
Title inflation is real.
2 years ago I was hired as Staff with pretty high bar to clear.
This year I know a team where all the seniors complain they’re not Staff, and now half the team are Staff engs.
- Konnstann 5y agoI was under the impression that Staff just meant you have some sort of leadership role, as opposed to just being an individual contributor. Is that not the case?
- pc86 5y agoIC just means you don't have reports, and neither Staff nor Principal roles typically have reports.
- throwarayes 5y agoYeah for us it means you have a team tech leadership role. It’s hard to imagine a team where everyone is “leading”. Some people have to be doing. TBH I doubt the actual work people are doing has changed. It’s more about status and salary.
- closeparen 5y agoThe only job in the tech industry that's not some sort of leadership role is Intern. Everyone leads and mentors. Senior Engineers at the level of a single team, with perhaps some cross-team impact. Staff Engineers at the level of an org with several teams.
- ipaddr 5y agoMany are lucky enough to work on their own or with other seniors in their respected domains.
- alpha_squared 5y agoSomeone should tell HBO that, their Staff titles come before Senior Software Engineer, which is very confusing.
- manesioz 5y agoSame with IBM, very confusing
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- amznbyebyebye 5y agoYes because everyone is resigning. L+1 today is easily what L was 2-3 years ago.
- unbanned 5y agoPossibly they're just better than you were 2 years ago? Tech education moves as quickly as tech itself
- idunno246 5y agoi had a job where i was the first staff, but when they started promoting everyone to staff cause every senior wanted a promotion, they had to create new levels of staff to differentiate
- rightbyte 5y agoWhy not just go all in? * Engineer First Class * Special Engineer * First Engineer * Staff Engineer * Staff Engineer First Class * Principal Engineer * Staff Engineer Major * Principal Engineer First Class * Staff Engineer of the Office etc. Need matching insignia on the collar, of course.