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> in the context of Microsoft job titles, "distinguished engineer" means the person is very highly paid and is at top of their field. How many people (even in

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• neurobro 12y ago
  Probably 50-100,000 among their employees, ex-employees, aspiring employees, partners, contractors, and people who've seen it mentioned somewhere like this (including me and you, now).
• smm2000 12y ago
  Google, Oracle and Amazon among others have Distinguished Engineer title so quite a few people know about it.
• dbshapco 12y ago
  DE has meaning outside of Microsoft. I recognize it, and am not in Microsoft's orbit. Generally it's one step above Senior Principal Engineer and considered an executive position. That said, tech titles have not normalized as much as executive titles. The general progression I've witnessed is (with managerial level set): - Engineer - Senior Engineer (Team Leader) - Principal Engineer (Manager) - Senior Principal Engineer (Senior Manager) - Distinguished Engineer (Director) - C[TI]O (C-Level) Oddly there's no level set to [AS]VP positions. Engineering tolerates less hierarchy. Also DE (and all tech ladder positions) are a recognition of sphere of influence over technical acumen as follows: - Engineer (own work) - Senior Engineer (team) - Principal Engineer (department) - Senior Principal Engineer (corporation) - Distinguished Engineer (industry sector) - C[TI]O (corporation and broader industry) YMMV