There's been a couple other threads here recently about the apparent "existential crisis" some people are having these days.
A lot of commenters tell those people that the reason they're struggling is because they made the mistake of having their identity be defined by their job.
Your post made me wonder if stories like yours is how that whole I-am-my-job-and-my-job-is-me entanglement starts.
In this climate make sure you have a new job lined up before you quit your current one. Don't let on the slightest that you care what title you have because personally I would blackball anybody who talks like that.
Thats sound advice. But why that on the title? Just curious if youd elaborate. I feel like if they are asking of me to do code review, SQL, etc. then my title should align with the rest of the market, especially after a year + multiple years BI experience. Feels like its easy for you to say that about my title when you're not in my shoes (and presumably haven't been called a junior dev for awhile now). Seems completely reasonable to expect a title change at this point, in my opinion.
But personally I don't like people who are concerned about status (as opposed to getting the job done) and any participation I have in the hiring process is what I can do to have some influence over who is sitting in the seat next to me.
There's been a couple other threads here recently about the apparent "existential crisis" some people are having these days.
A lot of commenters tell those people that the reason they're struggling is because they made the mistake of having their identity be defined by their job.
Your post made me wonder if stories like yours is how that whole I-am-my-job-and-my-job-is-me entanglement starts.
In this climate make sure you have a new job lined up before you quit your current one. Don't let on the slightest that you care what title you have because personally I would blackball anybody who talks like that.
Thats sound advice. But why that on the title? Just curious if youd elaborate. I feel like if they are asking of me to do code review, SQL, etc. then my title should align with the rest of the market, especially after a year + multiple years BI experience. Feels like its easy for you to say that about my title when you're not in my shoes (and presumably haven't been called a junior dev for awhile now). Seems completely reasonable to expect a title change at this point, in my opinion.
I'm not saying you're wrong.
But personally I don't like people who are concerned about status (as opposed to getting the job done) and any participation I have in the hiring process is what I can do to have some influence over who is sitting in the seat next to me.
Your manager is right. Drop the word "junior" from your resume and start interviewing.
Title doesn’t matter, compensation matters.