[BFLpL0QNek]

I noticed this.

Not Google but I worked at a mid-size US based company briefly last year.

The team was junior but senior in titles and highly opinionated, that was why I ended up leaving as nothing was getting done. Not last week I got a bunch of LinkedIn updates saying “Congratulate X being promoted to Senior/Staff/Principal Engineer”.

The grads I worked with who were good and what you expect for a grad where getting promoted to senior’s and the seniors who were ok, maybe a little inexperienced were getting promoted to staff.

I think roles mean nothing these days. They’re devalued and only exist for people to move up in to the next pay band.

What I consider senior from 15-20 years ago is staff engineer now and principal today feels like someone at the top of senior 15-20 years ago.

[mulmen]

There are a lot more people in the field today so the standards have dropped as is necessary. Principal is top x%, senior is top y%, etc. It's not capability based.