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Titles were more about pay bands then skill. I know several hundred Vice Presidents at JP Morgan Chase. And really, if your business card tells me that you're
by vampirechicken 14y ago
Titles were more about pay bands then skill.
I know several hundred Vice Presidents at JP Morgan Chase.
And really, if your business card tells me that you're a Programmer/Analyst 3, then you're either doing something wrong, or you're a robot, and you probably work between Programmer/Analysts 2 and 4.
- johnnymonster 14y agoCracks me up when people cling to titles. Even funnier when I see software developer 3 on a business card!
- smutticus 14y agoIn my new startup our software engineering titles go up to 11. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbVKWCpNFhY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbVKWCpNFhY
- mgkimsal 14y agoI was given a title once, and I think it was a 3 (this was... a heck of a long time ago). But... I wasn't told what the 3 meant - is 3 the bottom? The middle? The top? Is "level 1" where people start? Or is it like golf, where a lower number is better? I asked, and ... got the weirdest look, as if I was an idiot for not having some insider knowledge about "corporate titles". I wasn't there very long. And I never actually got an answer...
- jerf 14y agoOh... I think you got answered, at least the question that mattered. It sounds like you took the correct action based on the answer, as well.
- efuquen 14y agoI always thought that those number titles were based on a scale from 1 to 5? Usually when I see 3 I think the implication is that you're a "mid-level" engineer. I understand the point that these numbers can be arbitrary and not well defined, but I think the idea that this is a "mid-level" engineer would be well understood (I believe this sort of numeric distinction isn't unique to just software engineers). Did you truly not get that or were you just asking the question to illicit a quizzical response?
- mgkimsal 14y agoI get that it's a scale. But... is "1" the "highest" or "lowest"? 17 years in to this indsutry, I still don't know. I've not worked at enough places that had a numbering system like that (IIRC just that one place for a short time).