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Should you care what another engineer’s title is? These kinds of discussions bother me because it always implies some kind of worthiness of the title. Maybe it
by namuol 2y ago
Should you care what another engineer’s title is?
These kinds of discussions bother me because it always implies some kind of worthiness of the title. Maybe it’s just my work experience but I’ve found very little correlation with e.g. the success of an engineer’s career trajectory and the success of the projects they’re responsible for.
Going a little more off topic now but these discussions always leave me feeling a bit like how Richard Feynman describes his instinct to be repulsed by “honors” and everything like them:
https://youtu.be/f61KMw5zVhg https://youtu.be/f61KMw5zVhg
- jinushaun 2y agoPeople care because it’s tied to salary bands.
- namuol 2y agoThis may be the best answer to the title question.
- VirusNewbie 2y agobut not between companies. Many a staff engineer has been down leveled quite a bit moving to FAANG companies, and they still get a raise.