Titles are low friction, and they give people a place to put you. They answer three questions at once: what you do, who you work for, and roughly where you sit in the pecking order….
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When AI Moves Faster Than the Intent
An architect described a design intent to an AI system. A word got misread in the transcription and it wasn’t caught. The building that came out the other side wasn’t wrong exactly. It was just…
When the Title Doesn’t Match the Person
Senior Vice President. Decision maker. Budget authority. Worth the follow-up. Associate. Still climbing. File accordingly. Founder. Visionary or cautionary tale. Context required. Titles aren’t just information, they’re signals, and everyone knows how to read them….