> Everyone works for the company, from the most entry level all the way up to the CEO and is thus "staff", and there is thus no indication in that sense of the

> Everyone works for the company, from the most entry level all the way up to the CEO and is thus "staff", and there is thus no indication in that sense of the word as to what its level is. Absolutely. It has no bearing on seniority, and because of that I'd assume a neutral level of seniority. >So in a title it must mean something different than just "works for the company". I mean, that's what this whole discussion is about. In the context of the English language, this is a rather new usage of the word, and I'm trying to illuminate how its use is changing. I totally accept and appreciate that language is constantly evolving — I'm not sticking up a fuss and calling this wrong — but I'm trying to answer the question of what the word implies. As mentioned elsewhere in this thread, this largely seems to be initiated by the "Staff Engineer" book[0], and I take at least part of his marketing is creatively "misusing" a word, or redefining a word, in order to distinguish his brand. [0] https://staffeng.com/book https://staffeng.com/book