The biggest curse in this industry is being so obsessed with titles and ladders that they forget that ultimately - none of it matters. It doesn't matter to the

The biggest curse in this industry is being so obsessed with titles and ladders that they forget that ultimately - none of it matters. It doesn't matter to the business that an Engineering Manager title is hands on/off. It doesn't matter if a Staff title is leading/not leading. What matters is identifying problems and self-organizing teams to solve those problems REGARDLESS OF TITLES. It it the obsession with titles that causes Directors to spend an enormous amount of time judging people whereas the company actually really only wants the Director to organize their team solve problems. But no, the director will spend time judging people instead of solving problems because the career ladder doc says so.