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> One theory of mine is that we assign senior-sounding roles in this industry too readily. Some large companies, particularly non-technical companies have to p
by Mc91 4y ago
> One theory of mine is that we assign senior-sounding roles in this industry too readily.
Some large companies, particularly non-technical companies have to pay a certain amount of money to get people of a certain skill level, say a level below senior. However the company management does not want to pay market rates for that level, that salary only goes to "senior" people. So people with a skill level below senior are put on work that fits for a level below senior, but are given the senior title, because within the company, that is the title that matches up with the market rate for those people.
- whstl 4y agoNot only that, but seniority is also often used as a bargaining chip. Having the title in your CV means something for future employers, so employees want it and companies give it willy-nilly as a very cheap perk. No need to say that this causes more problems than it solves.
- realjhol 4y ago> No need to say that this causes more problems than it solves. As Senior executive vice principle king of engineering in charge of ensuring our product has enough blue LEDs in it, I don't know what you're talking about
- germinalphrase 4y agoSo you’re the one keeping me up at night…
- ghaff 4y agoIt's funny that, more often that not, in tech roles (but not a developer) I've mostly never used a title that was my actual HR title (which more than once shifted without me even knowing about it until I logged into the system for some reason or other). Yet some areas of tech, which prides itself on lack of gatekeeping, seems almost bank-like in its obsession with job levels. (To be clear, I'm not talking making up "Senior Vice President" but just something less HR-like than my actual title.)
- BeFlatXIII 4y agoNeither employees nor corporations have incentives to care about the quality or future of the industry, so they keep up the inflationary pressures.