On: Levels of Technical Leadership

[phailhaus]

Unfortunately, we live in a society.

[yakshaving_jgt → phailhaus]

Yeah, but that society is shaped by people like you and me.

[phailhaus → yakshaving_jgt]

Society is much, much bigger than two people, and that's why titles happen.

[whoomp12342 → phailhaus]

titles happen because people want to feel good about themselves. The best thing is to just let it go

[phailhaus → whoomp12342]

Again, we live in a society. Titles are a way of communicating your role and seniority in an organization, using a roughly shared language. It's a bit naive to think that titles serve no purpose, as if everyone is just being dumb for the hell of it.

[whoomp12342 → phailhaus]

sir, this is a wendys