I came from Sun Fishworks as well, and still have an engineering team without titles (everyone is a "Software Engineer"). This is deliberate[1], and I don't th

I came from Sun Fishworks as well, and still have an engineering team without titles (everyone is a "Software Engineer"). This is deliberate[1], and I don't think it's been an impediment -- there is certainly not a problem with "yapping and nipping." Of course, every organization is different, and what works for one group of people may not work for another -- but I can't personally imagine working in an organization that insisted on hierarchical titles among its engineers. [1] http://www.slideshare.net/bcantrill/surge2013 http://www.slideshare.net/bcantrill/surge2013