University Title Generator • Hacker News Board

Re: University Title Generator

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Post by djsumdog » Tue, May 17, 2016, 4:59 PM UTC

sagatsnee wrote: post #9

The only time they contact you: "As an alumni, would you like to make a $500, $1000, or _____ donation to support your alma mater?"

I had professors tell me that they'll always find me no matter where I move. I still got mail from my University for a while...until I left the country. I haven't gotten crap from them since.

Re: University Title Generator

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Post by nhebb » Tue, May 17, 2016, 5:01 PM UTC

Kristine1975 wrote: post #4

Vice President of the Committee on Donor Relations Estimated salary: $381,384 Sounds like donor relations are a lucrative business.

They are lucrative. Portland State University probably isn't widely known outside of Oregon, but their fundraisers make pretty nice salaries:

  * Foundation President / CEO: $278,000

  * Chief Development Officer: $170,000

Source: http://www.oregonlive.com/education/index.ssf/2015/08/portla...

Re: University Title Generator

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Post by kilroy123 » Tue, May 17, 2016, 5:38 PM UTC

Are the salaries random as well?

Reminds me of this: http://winapp2.com/title.html

Re: University Title Generator

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Post by mxuribe » Tue, May 17, 2016, 5:46 PM UTC

thearn4 wrote: post #5

These are sadly quite plausible titles. Assistant Executive for the Committee on Athletic Partnerships Estimated salary: $373,727

Is that "Assistance Executive...", or "Assistant to the Executive..."? I imagine that would change the salary, no? lol ;-)

Re: University Title Generator

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Post by gradi3nt » Tue, May 17, 2016, 5:47 PM UTC

Changing the zoom on this page is trippy.

Re: University Title Generator

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Post by mxuribe » Tue, May 17, 2016, 5:48 PM UTC

Vice Liaison to the Task Force on Neighborhood Outreach Estimated salary: $80,465

Is this a synonym title for PR associate (not PR manager, not PR director), or maybe Junior Communications Manager? :-)

Re: University Title Generator

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Post by TazeTSchnitzel » Tue, May 17, 2016, 5:54 PM UTC

I wonder how the salaries are generated. If the titles are a Markov chain, you could calculate the average percentage difference in salary made by each word in a title, and sum them, maybe…?

Re: University Title Generator

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Post by ticviking » Tue, May 17, 2016, 6:24 PM UTC

Glyptodon wrote: post #7

Bottom line with universities is that an army of various administrators will all make six figures for doing stuff that perhaps anyone could do, but "can't" because having experience in the cryptic and domain specific bureaucracy of higher ed is mandatory. Meanwhile, they'll try to pay all their developers and IT staff sub $50k yearly only to conclude that poor results and inability to fill positions mean they should…

Hey it's my life in a nutshell.

Re: University Title Generator

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Post by superuser2 » Tue, May 17, 2016, 6:44 PM UTC

mxuribe wrote: post #16

Vice Liaison to the Task Force on Neighborhood Outreach Estimated salary: $80,465 Is this a synonym title for PR associate (not PR manager, not PR director), or maybe Junior Communications Manager? :-)

In some cases Universities wield considerable power over their neighborhoods: the university police department is the neighborhood police department, the university owns most of the off-campus land, talks businesses into setting up shop in the area and rents them commercial space, shapes urban planning to suit its needs, etc. "Neighborhood Outreach" can be more of a municipal government than a PR department.

Re: University Title Generator

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Post by dexterdog » Tue, May 17, 2016, 6:52 PM UTC

geofft wrote: post #8

chm wrote: post #2

Ha! The first job wasn't prestigious enough, so I pressed the button... and was downgraded to: Acting Assistant Liaison to the Task Force on Neighborhood Climate Estimated salary: $23,899

So... a grad student?

It said salary, not fee.