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Comment by anal_reactor | original | A family tree of software job titles
[−]anal_reactor · 2026-11-15 Sun 01:08 UTC · link
"The title is not important" was a movement coming from the fact that same jobs at two companies could've had vastly different responsibilities, and vice versa. But that was rather an exception and outside that bubble, people have always paid great attention to titles.

Yours sincerely, Software Developer with 6 years of experience. Last week for the first time in my career I've actually merged application code. It was AI generated.

[−]Xirdus · 2026-11-15 Sun 02:11 UTC · link
...what did you do the last 6 years?
[−]tipperjones · 2026-11-15 Sun 03:55 UTC · link
Yeah, wait what?

I'm confused about the point he's making here with the 6 years thing.

[−]anal_reactor · 2026-11-15 Sun 08:30 UTC · link
Infra
[−]Xirdus · 2026-11-15 Sun 14:47 UTC · link
Oh I see.