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A comment on Google layoffs Jan 20, 2023 – California WARN public records. Parent comment

Re:Google layoffs Jan 20, 2023 – California WARN public records by squokko on Wednesday February 01, 2023 @10:40PM (#34621735)
Hilarious that in Silicon Valley, "IC" is the vanity title.
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Re:Google layoffs Jan 20, 2023 – California WARN public records by laristine on Wednesday February 01, 2023 @10:53PM (#34621819)
I think parent's point is that "director" is the vanity title for these ICs. IC is a normal label found anywhere in and out of Silicon Valley.
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Re:Google layoffs Jan 20, 2023 – California WARN public records by tsimionescu on Wednesday February 01, 2023 @11:44PM (#34622170)
No, it's the other way around. They were saying that some directors (managers of 30+ employees) held an official position of "L9 IC" - since L9 IC is much more respectable than a director, which would be something like L6 on the management track.
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Re:Google layoffs Jan 20, 2023 – California WARN public records by lokar on Thursday February 02, 2023 @12:00AM (#34622282)
Yes, this. The IC title is harder to get, and pays a bit more.

But director is L8 and L9

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