Big tech companies are also notorious for down-leveling if you’re not coming from another big company, so it might not actually be that good of a move.

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mgaunard 8 hours ago | parent [-]

Well of course, if you were CTO of a company of 10, you can't expect to be hired as CTO of Google.

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BoxFour 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

My first manager at a big tech co was the CTO of a 500 person company. He was down-leveled to being a first-level manager.

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dylan604 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

This is why titles on biz cards are funny.

	▲	ghaff 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Most of my titles have been pretty made-up (with acquiescence of manager). Never had the formal levels seen at large tech companies. Last job description was written for me and didn't even make a lot of sense if you squinted to hard. Made a couple of iterations for business cards over time. Couldn't have told you what the HR titles were in general.