Comment by zer00eyz

Early in my career I had the pleasure of working for a bank.

There is a saying about banks "More VP's than coffee pots" and it's true. Stay at a bank long enough and they will slap the VP title on you.

My lack of "respect" for any ones title that didn't start with a C started there.

There are key people, the gate keepers, the knowledge havers in ever org. Those who know where the closet is with the skeletons (or in some cases grave yards)... These are the real Senior's in their respective roles. Be it engineering, CS, accounting... the old hands who in a pinch can do any job who understand their work, how it fits in with the business and can do all the jobs their role touches.

What this article is about: Its titles that come out of HR, pay grade, and role definition. Those folks (and more so at larger companies) take those things seriously. Startups throw titles out to either make people feel special or to make things seem more equal when they aren't... It keeps them engaged in what amounts to a shitty situation! Title bumps and free snacks for all is the startup way.