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chronic63903 on Oct 14, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Caltrans exec who protested a freeway expansion ge...

> VP doesn't necessarily mean anything. Goldman Sachs has 12,000 vice presidents, give or take.

Everyone knows VP at a bank is a junior title. Managing director (MD) is the real boss.

Similar to tech, everyone knows senior SWE (L5/E5) is a junior/entry-level role. Whereas senior staff SWEs (L7/E7) are the real hot shots.

8n4vidtmkvmk on Oct 15, 2023 [–]

L5 is junior now? Whelp. I know they're nobodies in the grand scheme of big tech but I wouldn't exactly call them juniors, at least not in terms of skill. Maybe power within the company. But I guess that's what you meant.

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