Ridiculously overblown job titles.
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Blown2CV said:
i always do a big at people who describe themselves as CEO when in fact they have a one-man-band company, usually a rubbish business idea, and about 3 months away from going to the wall.
Also on a related note, in my line of work there are a lot of privateer contractors. They usually have to have Ltd companies before they can even get paid, which generally takes a few pounds to set up, and doesn't actually mean anything at all. It's just a formality. However some do think it makes them into some exotic and amazing combination of James Bond and Steve Jobs, and engineer their job title AND their company name accordingly e.g.
Barry Tossrag, Founder, CEO, Chief Technologist and Managing Director, Tossrag Hi-Tech Consulting Ltd.
(typically seen on someone who farts around with things as boring as email servers or whatever for a rubbish day rate)
+1Also on a related note, in my line of work there are a lot of privateer contractors. They usually have to have Ltd companies before they can even get paid, which generally takes a few pounds to set up, and doesn't actually mean anything at all. It's just a formality. However some do think it makes them into some exotic and amazing combination of James Bond and Steve Jobs, and engineer their job title AND their company name accordingly e.g.
Barry Tossrag, Founder, CEO, Chief Technologist and Managing Director, Tossrag Hi-Tech Consulting Ltd.
(typically seen on someone who farts around with things as boring as email servers or whatever for a rubbish day rate)
I just describe myself as an IT Contractor if anyone asks what i do.
Blown2CV said:
The company i work for has about 50 claimed CTOs. Every fker seems to think they are one. They are not.
Eh? CTO. Chief Technology Officer? Chief is supposed to means there's only one. The CTO is the guy you kill if it doesn't work! (The big new system etc)I've held that position. Although the firm did number only ten at its peak.
daemon said:
Blown2CV said:
i always do a big at people who describe themselves as CEO when in fact they have a one-man-band company, usually a rubbish business idea, and about 3 months away from going to the wall.
Also on a related note, in my line of work there are a lot of privateer contractors. They usually have to have Ltd companies before they can even get paid, which generally takes a few pounds to set up, and doesn't actually mean anything at all. It's just a formality. However some do think it makes them into some exotic and amazing combination of James Bond and Steve Jobs, and engineer their job title AND their company name accordingly e.g.
Barry Tossrag, Founder, CEO, Chief Technologist and Managing Director, Tossrag Hi-Tech Consulting Ltd.
(typically seen on someone who farts around with things as boring as email servers or whatever for a rubbish day rate)
+1Also on a related note, in my line of work there are a lot of privateer contractors. They usually have to have Ltd companies before they can even get paid, which generally takes a few pounds to set up, and doesn't actually mean anything at all. It's just a formality. However some do think it makes them into some exotic and amazing combination of James Bond and Steve Jobs, and engineer their job title AND their company name accordingly e.g.
Barry Tossrag, Founder, CEO, Chief Technologist and Managing Director, Tossrag Hi-Tech Consulting Ltd.
(typically seen on someone who farts around with things as boring as email servers or whatever for a rubbish day rate)
I just describe myself as an IT Contractor if anyone asks what i do.
Me: "Do you have online banking?"
They: "Yes"
Me: "That."
at one of my previous jobs one corporate client almost all the staff where titled VP, SVP or MD (yep 4 MD's on one team) and all the ones I managed, were bringing home in excess of £2m a year each in bonus and carried interests, even the ones aged 25 which I was shocked at. Quite frankly you could call me chief co.. sucker if I earned those sort of figures.
Don said:
Blown2CV said:
The company i work for has about 50 claimed CTOs. Every fker seems to think they are one. They are not.
Eh? CTO. Chief Technology Officer? Chief is supposed to means there's only one. The CTO is the guy you kill if it doesn't work! (The big new system etc)I've held that position. Although the firm did number only ten at its peak.
Don said:
Blown2CV said:
The company i work for has about 50 claimed CTOs. Every fker seems to think they are one. They are not.
Eh? CTO. Chief Technology Officer? Chief is supposed to means there's only one. The CTO is the guy you kill if it doesn't work! (The big new system etc)Admin asks what I want on business cards.
I tell her.
Cards arrive with garbled version of requested title
I have used maybe half a dozen.
Next ones will just say
AW 111
R&D
That's what I do, who cares about titles?
One earlier company, we techies succeded in getting
MOTS
for Member Of Technical Staff. I think it was once a HP acronym.
I tell her.
Cards arrive with garbled version of requested title
I have used maybe half a dozen.
Next ones will just say
AW 111
R&D
That's what I do, who cares about titles?
One earlier company, we techies succeded in getting
MOTS
for Member Of Technical Staff. I think it was once a HP acronym.
Leafspring said:
Leafspring said:
My job title is "General Repairs and Marine Coatings Technician"
Basically I fix boats... and paint 'em
Mines now changed from the above to plainBasically I fix boats... and paint 'em
"General Repairs"
But it came with a 33% pay increase so I'll survive
I'd be happy with that
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