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S.I.T.O. = Senior in Title Only. This applies to me. I'm ~9 years into my career, 5 in my current specialty. I'm titled as a senior developer, mainly because I
by dehugger 3y ago
S.I.T.O. = Senior in Title Only.
This applies to me. I'm ~9 years into my career, 5 in my current specialty. I'm titled as a senior developer, mainly because I am the only developer for my product at the company (I maintain our warehouse management system).
Honestly, it sucks, because I do not have senior levels of industry experience but am still required to make decisions as if I did. I don't like the situation, but I make the best of it and try to source second opinions from those wiser than myself, which usually means contacts outside my current employer.
I'm not sure how common my situation is, but I'm sure I'm not the only one to title creep more rapidly than is perhaps sane.
- Greed 3y agoI think this is a lot more common than one might think. The trend of hiring "Only Seniors" puts a downwards pressure on both engineers and those managing them to focus on titles over pay increases. The engineer gets the title thinking they can leverage it for more pay at a different position, but in reality they end up trapped at their current employer because they are from then on interviewed as a senior level engineer and unable to pass merit by that benchmark. Should they aim for a non senior role, they automatically face negative hiring bias because the hirer assumes (probably accurately) that they will demand more pay for the same role compared to non-senior applicants with the same years of experience. Strange catch 22 situation where the title promotion actually locks them in where they are for at least another few years.