Private equity bought out your doctor and bankrupted Toys“R”Us

Re:Private equity bought out your doctor and bankrupted Toys... by dx034 on Wednesday June 14, 2023 @03:13AM (#36322518)

It's important though if you don't want to stay at the current company forever. With the right title it's much easier to get a well paying job. Otherwise you'll have to convince future employers why you didn't have that title despite your qualifications and work.

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Re:Private equity bought out your doctor and bankrupted Toys... by int0x2e on Wednesday June 14, 2023 @04:06AM (#36322925)

I call this "resume engineering". Some years ago, I decided to pass on a very impressive position at one of the then-hottest tech unicorns. I kinda liked the people, thought the tech was cool, but didn't see any way for the company to succeed.

As I thought, that company died, firing 100s of folks before the end.

It's been a few years, but a former colleague who took that job, managed to land an impressive title at my previous employer, above my level at the time... I have since left that company (unrelated), moved to a startup, and couldn't be happier.

My opinion is that titles don't matter. At all.

Compensation does matter, but you have to also value your happiness and factor that as well.

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Re:Private equity bought out your doctor and bankrupted Toys... by red-iron-pine on Wednesday June 14, 2023 @09:29AM (#36325602)

titles certainly matter and some fields have very specific definitions as to roles and levels of responsibility. medical workers come to mind.

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Re:Private equity bought out your doctor and bankrupted Toys... by JohnFen on Wednesday June 14, 2023 @11:17AM (#36327273)

I have never once had a potential employer express any sort of interest in job titles. They want to know what you did in your job, how much responsibility you had, that sort of thing, and they know that job titles don't tell you that.

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