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Re:Ask HN: Moving from an IC Role to Vice President at a you... by codingdave on Wednesday January 01, 2025 @07:41PM (#42570569)
Don't worry about skipping a rung - more often than not, title inflation happens when you move into the services world. It is a sales technique -- customers feel good when a VP is leading their product. There is an unbelievable number of VPs in some industries.

You would only need to worry if you were actually going to be doing VP-level work - building organizations instead of products. It sounds like you are not expected to be at that level. You just need to run a small existing org, not build out new ones. So just make sure you are able to do the actual job you are getting hired for, and enjoy the nice title.

Re:Ask HN: Moving from an IC Role to Vice President at a you... by sfredd on Wednesday January 01, 2025 @07:53PM (#42570633)
Definitely noticed the rampant title inflation in that industry, there’s two more rungs of VP-style titles before the actual company C suite at the firm I’m joining, haha.