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They say that at the time they were an “Enthusiastic Young Dev” but worked for a Fortune 500 company reporting directly to the CTO and interacting directly with the customer and leading a team.

Something doesn’t add up or is it just me?



Exactly this! Yet the overwhelming majority of the comments takes it for a real story and jumps to share their experiences. I wonder if it was generated by an AI that just does not have an ability to cross check what it wrote.


Some companies have high enough turnover that you are senior after 2-3 years and could be reporting to at least a VP in under 5.


My boss was an enthusiastic (sorta) young dev, who has reported directly to our CISO ever since I started, and is now markedly less enthusiastic.




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