Comment on How I got promoted to staff engineer twiceparentComments−roncesvalles1yWithin the same company? Money, that's about it. Between companies there is no standardization of levels, titles, and responsibilities.Fun fact: at IBM a "Staff" is actually junior to a "Senior". So it's all over the place anyway.The latest trend in new companies is to not assign named titles at all, just numbered levels.−sys_647381yIt's like that in a lot of companies which were influenced by IBM way back.
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Within the same company? Money, that's about it. Between companies there is no standardization of levels, titles, and responsibilities.
Fun fact: at IBM a "Staff" is actually junior to a "Senior". So it's all over the place anyway.
The latest trend in new companies is to not assign named titles at all, just numbered levels.
It's like that in a lot of companies which were influenced by IBM way back.