&gt; titles do matter<p>No they don&#x27;t. Companies align positions to industry standard rates, not job titles. One place will call you programmer level 3, some other place will call you Senior developer but if they have the same responsibility, they will be aligned in pay.<p>Where I am doesn&#x27;t use the title &#x27;Developer&#x27; or 
&#x27;Programmer. Do you think that means they have no idea how to gauge people coming in or other areas of the industry that do use those titles?