I saw a few of my colleagues today, and today specifically, get promoted to “Senior DT”. Wouldn’t the next natural step be Fellow? Is this a ridiculous attempt to make non-Senior DTs from questioning why they haven’t been promoted to Fellow? “We can’t promote you to Fellow so here’s an arbitrary next step so that you can see how we’re trying to prevent you from quitting. You’re still under appreciated but now we’re just lying to you.”
Kind of nonsense.
hey look at me, im a director now
hey look at me, my linkedin post has this x likes
hey look at me, im in alignment with this senior leader
Call yourself whatever you like. No one outside that group knows or cares about the hierarchy, just what you can or can't do for them (hire a friend, influence their career, raise their standing, etc.) On the HR side, the only place this title matters, the money is all that matters. For you and for them.
Smoke and mirrors