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If a company won't promote me, and I'm clearly exceeding the standard for the next role, I take that experience, and describe myself as that level on my resume
by electrondood 4y ago
If a company won't promote me, and I'm clearly exceeding the standard for the next role, I take that experience, and describe myself as that level on my resume for the next job. Seriously.
If you're doing the job, you're doing the job even if they won't officially give you the title.
- saagarjha 4y agoDo you put down "staff engineer" if you're not officially a staff engineer?
- devoutsalsa 4y agoTitles don’t mean much. I used to be a “Test Associate” and put “QA Engineer” on my resume. Whenever I get a title like Software Engineer IV, I just put Sr. Software Engineer on my resume. If I was leading a team as a developer, I’d have no problem calling myself Lead Developer, regardless of what my title was. As long as your experience maps to what you’re selling yourself as, there shouldn’t be much of a problem. The only time I’d be mildly concerned would be in reference checks and background checks. I just tell my reference what I’ve been calling myself so it’s not a surprise and put my official title in the background check. If your grossly misrepresenting yourself, make it through a subpar interview process, and you manage to get the job, you’ll simply be miserable & stressed out because your underperforming & worried about getting fired.
- electrondood 4y agoIf you're meeting or exceeding the company's criteria for that position, absolutely.
- jrib 4y agoI find titles not that meaningful since they can have wildly different responsibilities depending on the organization.