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Since it's a small company and my boss is cool, he said i could pick a title. We're printing biz cards soon. So, what do you all think? What would look good on a future resume? It has to be reasonable, nothing with SR or VP in front.
But in our company... I'm a true jack of all trades... networking, server admin, websites, database builder, security... if it needs to be done, it falls to me. So the title had to be fairly all encompassing.
Is there a field you want to be in eventually? If there is, see if you can slant the title in that direction.
I'd choose GUI engineer or GUI designer of some sort.
teeceo.
P.s. Its works for Big Gates:).
I like CTO too :)
Or the guy who shows you his little friend :-)
I would strongly advice the word "manager" in your title. "Development" is good, too.
So, "Manager of Information Technology Development."
Or, Mgr, IT Dev.
That will get your phone calls returned.
I would be involved more with GUIs. Is GUI a good word to use in the title or is it better to be a little more broad with words like Web or IT?
Seriously. I'd suggest you build the job title from the ground up. If it involves managing call it "something manager", if it involves developing then call it "something developer". Be as accurate as you can. Then choose the word(s) preceding it to convey as closely as possible what you'll be doing whilst ensuring they are different from everyone else. Don't aim for the complete job name in one go, that's the sort of thing that leads to job titles like "Assistant Human Resources Financial Coordinator" being used for a wages clerk.
Web Application Developer strikes me as about right in this case.
How about Interface Design Manager?
Head Geek?
:)
Mac
Office of Strategic Developement
Bikini Inspector
They wouldn't let me have it.
I prefer to use the term "webthingie" when I'm allowed to. I consider it to have the correct gravitas to convey the level of craftsmanship and professionalism that people have come to expect from our industry. It also has the advantage of not actually meaning anything and thereby it prevents other people from being able to tell what I'm supposed to be doing.
Thank you Eric Jarvis. I have printed this out, had it bronzed, engraved, gold plated and framed for my permanant collection.
Seriously, I don't think anyone in my office knows what I do. "Gooey designer" it makes as much sense to them as "Alien from the planet Altoid." They don't know what IT means (although I love the idea of being the "it" girl - so groovy.) If asked, my co-workers would probably say I was a "computer specialist," or "the person who runs our web site." I guess you have to decide if you want your job title to communicate something to civilians (your mother, your fellow employees), others in the IT industry, or a future employer.
Congratulations on having such a nice dilemma!
Gussie
