VP of Engineering isn't some standard role you can compare across companies. My current company, Directors often have orgs of up to 500, and VPs usually have 1k

VP of Engineering isn't some standard role you can compare across companies. My current company, Directors often have orgs of up to 500, and VPs usually have 1k+, sometimes 3-5k. To pretend that a VP at a startup, with an org of 50 is the same as a VP at an FAANG with 1k+ is just silly. I'm not saying one is better, but clearly they require very different skills. In fact, I've seen first hand that people who are given the VP role at small companies sometimes don't understand this, and are then shocked when they apply to a FAANG and are offered a manager or senior manager role.