I think you’re missing the point. It’s not about eliteness as much as role. If you can imagine a difference between a edge manager, a director, and a ceo, then

I think you’re missing the point. It’s not about eliteness as much as role. If you can imagine a difference between a edge manager, a director, and a ceo, then you should be able to imagine differences between mid, senior, and staff engineers. Having these distinctions help clarify exceptions from both consumers of the employees work and aspirers who want to do a certain type of role or not.