[naruvimama]

Most engineers and developers are happy to go with the title "Engineer" or "Developer", however a lot of other departments marketing, sales, HR could have inflated titles.

Managers, Directors, Vice presidents are very common even for people who have just graduated. Then you find yourself reporting to people who have only worked one job.

As it is most technical jobs saturate and you need to take the management track, with 15 years of experience reporting to someone with a lot less real world experience is not pretty.

[wolco]

Depends on the person. Some are born for their role. Some grow with experience. Some nothing helps.

Someone new might be easier to work with in someways compared to a manager who believes in their process over reality.

[nilkn]

A bit of devil’s advocate: 15 years of experience as an engineer could still be 0 years as a manager. So the person you’re reporting to might be a lot more experienced at their job than you are at their job.