Title Inflation
Is it just me or are people noticing significant amount of title inflation across PE / HF roles in the industry? A few years, this was apparent at just a small number of HFs, but I’m noticing this across PE and VC firms these days. It seems like everyone is becoming a “Partner” or “Managing Director” in just a few years. Are others catching on to this as well? There are several people that take off their graduation dates and inflate “Summer Analyst” roles by being vague. Is there a particular benefit in doing this? Is this important when you are reaching out to start-ups and founders?
In VC, I'm fairly confident that a16z pushed this and its caught on. The only benefits I see:
Cuts both ways. Years ago when I was an overachieving associate I was tasked to lead a deal (no VP, principal or partner involvement other than signing docs) and my counterparty was this old prick MD who really resented going up against a young kid - he was awful to deal with. Title does help put staff in place, internally or externally.
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