My sociopathic career tip is to title inflate. Especially if you work for a small startup: you are the COO, CMO, CTO, whatever. Most people have monkey brain and will think you’re really high status and important off title alone without really interrogating it

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if I'm the only person doing it, I'm the Lead

I don’t think this is sociopathic at all tbh

I realized as soon as I got near tech that people play stupid games in this industry, it only makes sense to play them better even if you hate the game itself lol

i’m the CEO of Google on LinkedIn rn it’s going pretty well

I would reframe it, the rank of company matters and then the title inherits this score. If it's a small fresh startup, titles are more for joke and ownership purposes than real.

I've been CEO, CTO, DOE, but I like this advice so I'm adding Doctor, Lawyer, Pilot to my resume