[quote=spdrun]So making up a fancy title on Linkedin is worth it in San Diego?[/quote]
Yup, pretty much. As a techie, it’s a sad truth I didn’t want to believe. But titles at a reputable company sometimes do matter. Probably not just at San Diego, maybe not so much in Silly Valley. Assuming one isnt technically incompetent, everyone is roughly the same in terms of technical ability up to a certain point..So the next step I guess is who can put together projects or clean up other people’s messes. And it seems like these days, people call me to clean up messes others make, and pay well for doing it. And it’s not the 60+ hours I was expecting.
I think I took off whenever I wanted to, went on vacation when I wanted, worked from home when I needed to…and as long as I was sort of flexible so were they…. Almost better than consulting since during the lull of no work, I was still being paid, lol. It might have something to do with why they almost missed payroll, but hey, that wasn’t within my control….And it was a serious consideration. Should I stay and continue to do very little for a lot of benefits or leave and be more productive….Wasn’t easy…
Now titles from rinky companies probably are suspect..Im pretty sure VP at Flu Inc wouldn’t get that far. There’s a joke in China..Everyone is a Doctor…. Everyone is a Professor…. And everyone has an MBA….You worked at a hospital? You call yourself a Doctor….lol. You taught some grade school math? You call yourself a Professor…
If you work at a startup..5 of you will be VP, and the one guy doing the real work will be Principal Engineer… I use to be that idiot one guy! It was frsutrating. I was technically more competent than them, I could walk the talk, they could only talk….I know better now.. And surprisingly my QOL (quality of life) went up exponentially…It’s like I’m living episodes of The Office. Absolutely the worst thing you could do to yourself is turn down management position and let someone less technically competent manage your work. It’s almost better to be an incompetent manager that is strong technically, than to work for someone who only talks and technically incompetent..
