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Outside of big tech, those titles aren’t common. Level X SWE vs staff vs principal doesn’t mean anything to a lot of people who aren’t in that orbit.
by cj 2y ago
Outside of big tech, those titles aren’t common. Level X SWE vs staff vs principal doesn’t mean anything to a lot of people who aren’t in that orbit.
- SoftTalker 2y agoYes when I started working, "staff" meant entry-level. My first job out of school was a "staff consultant." So I'm always tripped up when I see "staff" used to mean "very senior/experienced"
- lynguist 2y agoSenior also somehow changed from meaning 10 years of experience to only 3 years of experience.
- sarchertech 2y agoSure, but my point is when someone says staff plus they mean staff or higher. They don’t mean higher than staff, or the best of the best staff engineers. It just means anyone higher than a senior engineer.