Re: Finding content in your job title

[Steven Bellovin <smb () cs columbia edu>]

On Apr 7, 2010, at 4:28 32PM, Martin Hannigan wrote:

> On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 11:14 PM, Steve Bertrand <steve () ibctech ca> wrote:
>
> [ snip ]
>
>
> > For instance, I like to present myself as a 'network engineer'. I have
> > never taken formal education, don't hold any certifications (well, since
> > 2001), and can't necessarily prove my worth.
> >
> > How does the ops community feel about using this designation?
>
> FWIW, I was Commodore of Infrastructure when I worked for the President of
> The World.

Way back when, an organization I know of decided to "regularize" its titles and insisted that the computer center staff 
suggest proper titles.  They didn't much like "Bit Pusher" or "Telecommunications Bit Pusher", but finally gave up when 
one woman insisted that her proper title was "Empress of the 8th Floor".

                --Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb