How fresh grads with zero experience get hired as senior engineers

Re:How fresh grads with zero experience get hired as senior ... by srvmshr on Friday February 11, 2022 @03:48PM (#30306809)

At my current startup, I recommended everyone to hold the title of Research Engineer. I was to be recruited as a Software architect / Principal tech lead, but I chose to keep this title too & suggested the same to my peer & immediate junior. Something good that I learned from Facebook Engineering flat organization structure.

Keeping the hierarchy flatter helped more honest communication. There were lesser inhibitions to talk & express opinion. In any disagreement, experience seniority played the subtle hand to navigate discussion.

Compensation matters, title shouldn't.

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Re:How fresh grads with zero experience get hired as senior ... by disgruntledphd2 on Wednesday February 16, 2022 @11:22AM (#30361970)

This is so very important, as titles can often inhibit information flow.

The only problem with this approach is that people look for other markers of "status" (like, for instance, the amount of time you've been with a company.

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