I noticed this. Not Google but I worked at a mid-size US based company briefly last year. The team was junior but senior in titles and highly opinionated, tha

I noticed this. Not Google but I worked at a mid-size US based company briefly last year. The team was junior but senior in titles and highly opinionated, that was why I ended up leaving as nothing was getting done. Not last week I got a bunch of LinkedIn updates saying “Congratulate X being promoted to Senior/Staff/Principal Engineer”. The grads I worked with who were good and what you expect for a grad where getting promoted to senior’s and the seniors who were ok, maybe a little inexperienced were getting promoted to staff. I think roles mean nothing these days. They’re devalued and only exist for people to move up in to the next pay band. What I consider senior from 15-20 years ago is staff engineer now and principal today feels like someone at the top of senior 15-20 years ago.