In a perfect world - titles should not matter. In some organizations they still don't matter (RL Gore &amp; Assoc. springs to mind)

Unfortunately in the the majority of cases - it does matter.

As others mention above, leadership stands out - but outside your organization or team, often that title is part of that 'first impression'.

In some cases (and the technology field is one example) it also leads to 'Title Creep' - Meaning assigned 'titles' that have no valid reason for being there as the skills being performed do not match the title.

As a manager in a small organization - I cannot number the amount of times I have met titles senior to mine that have half of my responsibility.

Thanks for sharing your story!

Regards