Ask HN: What is your job title? • Hacker News Board

I find funky titles superflous and unnecessary. It would be ridiculous if other professions adopted this too. For example, imagine a limo driver calling himself 'captain of a chartered car'. Plain titles give you a general idea of what the person does. In general, Sofware Developer II/Senior Developer has greater responsibility than Softare Developer I etc. I think people will find it difficult to differentiate between a hacker and software ninja. Really, what is the difference?

Re: Ask HN: What is your job title?

#17

Post by Splendor » Wed, Sep 11, 2013, 5:27 PM UTC

shenoybr wrote: post #16

Software Engineer. I find funky titles superflous and unnecessary. It would be ridiculous if other professions adopted this too. For example, imagine a limo driver calling himself 'captain of a chartered car'. Plain titles give you a general idea of what the person does. In general, Sofware Developer II/Senior Developer has greater responsibility than Softare Developer I etc. I think people will find it difficult to…

If I ever become a dishwasher I'm going to negotiate for the title of "Culinary Technology Maintenance Technician".

Re: Ask HN: What is your job title?

#18

Post by logotype » Wed, Sep 11, 2013, 5:56 PM UTC

Head of Creative Technology

Re: Ask HN: What is your job title?

#19

Post by Nicholas_C » Wed, Sep 11, 2013, 8:13 PM UTC

Financial Analyst.

I personally think the funky job titles are silly and unnecessary. Regular job titles are broad and nebulous enough.

Re: Ask HN: What is your job title?

#20

Post by Pyrodogg » Wed, Sep 11, 2013, 8:49 PM UTC

Implementation Consultant

30/70 Consulting and getting requirements/Coding to get them done