By the way, I was actually describing an extremely successful 20-25 person company.
Not that I disagree with you, but even in companies of the same size, there is a huge range in strategies and outcomes for those involved. Small "family style" businesses operate under a very different model from VC-funded start-ups even though they are the same size.
At a company where I've worked, titles were completely 100% nominal and a few years in, what you were doing often had almost nothing to do with what you were hired for.
Not that I disagree with you, but even in companies of the same size, there is a huge range in strategies and outcomes for those involved. Small "family style" businesses operate under a very different model from VC-funded start-ups even though they are the same size.
At a company where I've worked, titles were completely 100% nominal and a few years in, what you were doing often had almost nothing to do with what you were hired for.