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		theoryofx 12 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How I use LLMs as a staff engineer Not really because "Staff software engineer" has become the new "Senior Software Engineer" due to title inflation. It's become an essentially meaningless distinction at many companies. Case in point, this person has around around 7 years of professional experience at just two companies, Zendesk and GitHub. I don't mean this as a personal dig in any way (truly) but this simply isn't what we used to mean by a "Staff" level software engineer. This person is early-mid career, which we used to just call "Software engineer" then "Senior Software Engineer" and now (often enough) "Staff Software Engineer"

theshrike79 12 months ago | [–]

Exactly. I've been in the business for 20+ years and I think my title is still "Senior Software Engineer".

Not because of lack of skill, but I don't care. I could ask for a fancier one and most likely get it, but why?

brianstrimp 12 months ago | [–]

They are at a place in their career where it still feels relevant to mention that title.

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