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Re:The scourge of job title inflation by cratermoon on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @12:40AM (#33965250)
It's not just tech companies. I've seen non-tech companies with internal engineering teams hire mid-level skill people at Principal Engineer. By their measure, actual Staff to Principal engineers would be something like Distinguished Engineer, Senior Distinguished Engineer, or Executive Distinguished Engineer.

The heart of the problem is that most companies have no real path that isn't into management.

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Re:The scourge of job title inflation by oblio on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @02:31AM (#33965872)
I think banks are the canonical example of title inflation, where VP doesn't mean anything anymore.
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Re:The scourge of job title inflation by bluGill on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @09:38AM (#33969423)
VP in banks is one title that means something. A VP is able to sign off on your getting a loan from the bank. This is a legal thing, someone who isn't a VP cannot give you a loan. (the rules are a bit more complex, but close enough). Thus banks of lots of VPs with very little power: they need people all over who can give loans out.
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