I feel like the entire industry decided to just copy Google's career ladder in 2012 and now we have a bunch of titles pulled out of thin air. People talk about

I feel like the entire industry decided to just copy Google's career ladder in 2012 and now we have a bunch of titles pulled out of thin air. People talk about being a staff engineer like it's a concept that existed forever but it truly feels like a few influential companies just made up the term and willed it into existence.