Fw: Job Titles

[Joe Malin]

My favorite title is the one Guy Haas uses on his "personal" business
cards:

Software Exegete

It says exactly what he does, and also serves as an "icebreaker" (unless
you happen to know what exegete means!)

My own preferred title (being a fan of steampunk) would be
"Scrivener-Wright"


Joe Malin
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Of Peter Neilson
Sent: Friday, June 02, 2006 8:51 AM
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Subject: Re: Fw: Job Titles

It's always a hard problem, especially when management want to show the
possibility of an upward path. I've been:
  Instructor
  Programmer
  "Hey, you!"
  Person who can type
  Technical writer
  Senior technical writer
  Principal technical writer
  Senior principal technical writer
  Lead technical writer
  Documentation engineer
  "Just what do you do around here?"
  Wrangler
  Groundskeeper

Others among us have had job titles equally as exciting, and I doubt any
of them will actually turn out to be what your new boss wants. I might
suggest Prestidigitator or Documentationalist as further possibilities.
Something with "Analyst" in the title might be good, but don't let them
abbreviate it.

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