Years ago I realized titles mean nothing these days. Everyone new hire out of school where I work is hired as a "senior programmer". About the only thing that

Years ago I realized titles mean nothing these days. Everyone new hire out of school where I work is hired as a "senior programmer". About the only thing that does not happen is a significant pay increase, but the titles with promotion keep getting more grandiose, pay, maybe a 0.5% increase if any.