Accepting job with lower title everything else higher

DatabaseHead

Pay up 15%
Full work from home instead of only when in need
Fortune 500 to another 500
More skills should be available to learn, e.g. instead of MS SQL I can work with that and other RDBMS such as Oracle, Teradata and even other structured data in HADOOP.

Has anyone ever ran into this? Just curious, is it worth bringing up? In this instance it's pretty close just a tick off.

cyberguypr

What do you mean lower title? Going from Architect to Analyst is not the same as going from Senior Engineer to Engineer.

DatabaseHead

In this instance it's pretty close just a tick off.

Senior no Senior

mbarrett

Seriously, you would pass a job up over something as small as the title?

Danielm7

I wouldn't sweat that, some companies have 4 layers for each title, some have none. As long as it's a better job overall that's not a step down.

scaredoftests

It is just a title. If the pay is better and work is interesting, go for it.

JoJoCal19

Agree with cyberguypr. If it were going from an Architect title to an Analyst you could set yourself back pretty good because in screening HR may look at the title and not even send off your resume to the hiring manager or a recruiter may overlook your resume/LinkedIn profile. If it's something like going from a Sr. Solutions Architect to a Solutions Architect then it probably won't matter.

sj4088

I wouldn't worry about that. Some companies don't even use senior in the title. For instance if you are a network engineer that's your job title, there is no senior network engineer, for some companies.

The most important thing as you mentioned is what are your job responsibilities. A dba position where you are touching a lot of technology, and doing complex stuff beats a senior dba position where you don't have that opportunity imo. And the higher pay it make it a no brainer.

DatabaseHead

It's a better job for sure. So much more opportunity, including working with HADOOP. The interview went great, the interviewer (aka hiring manager) stated so. Fingers crossed, thanks for the feedback I appreciate it.

cyberguypr

As said above, I wouldn't worry. I'm sure you've seen some of our posts along the lines of "titles mean nothing". In the future, any decent hiring manager will focus on your duties and achievements instead of your titles. Besides, if they do have Sr. of whatever your title is, then there's a clear next step for career progression.

the_Grinch

Get on the Hadoop train...it's the future.

DatabaseHead

Didn't get it....... LOL

Serves me right! Well I guess I can remain Senior!

Brutal....

scaredoftests

I am sorry. Did they tell you why?

DatabaseHead

not enough analysis experience. as some of you know I work more in the data space than IT. The article I read recent is holding true to form. if you plan on going into the data space and have light report development in Tableau etc you WILL NOT GET A JOB. The article said that out of all the BI position 83% of them REQUIRED visualization (dashboard) experience 3-5 years. I do have some (1-2 years) with Power BI and Business Objects, but Tableau is soooooo big in this space. Just a heads up.

In summary: If you plan or want to get into data, learn Tableau it's just that simple. Seriously..... Subject to change as the market changes, but current state this is fact.