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Re: Finding content in your job title
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steve Bertrand)
Tue Mar 30 23:27:26 2010
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 23:26:17 -0400
From: Steve Bertrand <steve@ibctech.ca>
To: Jorge Amodio <jmamodio@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <n2t202705b1003302020r65cd1a7cl8dde7c1a73cc0227@mail.gmail.com>
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org >> nanog list" <nanog@nanog.org>
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On 2010.03.30 23:20, Jorge Amodio wrote:
> I'd say that probably around here for those like me that have been in
> operations/engineering management positions we don't give a squat
> about what title your biz card says you have, your actions and
> performance speak by themselves.
>
> There are no kings around here so titles most of the time are worthless.
>
> By asking what title may impress others is sort of a -1 to start.
It isn't about impression.
I'd put 'janitor' on my business card for all I really care.
I know what I love to do, and I know what I am great at. 10 years in the
industry now. The only person who I try to impress is myself... by
staying current on BCP and better ways to do things.
My curiosity has the best of me, so I am looking for opinions. You have
one ;)
Those who know me know what I can do, and in reality, that is all I care
about. I'm not out to impress anyone. I just want to be a good netizen
like the rest.
Impression isn't what I'm after. What I'm curious about is the potential
over-use of the term 'engineer'.
Cheers,
Steve
