> we shouldn't underestimate how a job title helps people from underrepresented groups That point is addressed in the post: > On the other hand, the measure c

> we shouldn't underestimate how a job title helps people from underrepresented groups That point is addressed in the post: > On the other hand, the measure corrects for insidious biases: the title can lift some of the burden of constantly having to prove your worth, especially if you're not a member of a historically privileged group. It can also correct for compensation bias: two staff engineers should be making the same amount, even if one of them is a white guy and the other isn't. (Compensation can get perilously out of whack without banding tied to titles.) The bias is still there, it's been compartmentalized into convincing the org that you meet a rubric, but you can at least bring receipts to that conversation.