# Do you put your degrees on your business card? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 2, 2016, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-put-your-degrees-on-your-business-card/756269 "2016-06-02T00:35:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2016, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-put-your-degrees-on-your-business-card/756269/41 "2016-06-03T19:24:41Z")
Don’t have my PhD on my business card, and almost none of my colleagues do either. When I was doing technical marketing support no one asked me to put it on, but the Bell Labs name counted for more anyway, and probably everyone assumed I had one. As for getting rid of extra cards, I have an almost full box which are going to be not so useful when I retire sometime soon. Anyone have any ideas? Insulation? Mulch? ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2016, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-put-your-degrees-on-your-business-card/756269/42 "2016-06-03T21:11:46Z")
Just the PhD after the name. No others are listed nor the field. It was kind of important for the purposes I used the cards for. Haven’t had to hand one out in so long … ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2016, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-put-your-degrees-on-your-business-card/756269/43 "2016-06-03T21:41:22Z")
I never had a business card, but if I had it would have said Professor, but not listed any degrees. Dave Cutler, when he was at Microsoft had a card that gave his title as “Supreme Commander”. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2016, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-put-your-degrees-on-your-business-card/756269/44 "2016-06-04T01:23:57Z")
So I’m sitting here at the office, a quarter after none on a Friday night, looking at the buisiness card of someone with four sets of alphabet soup under her name. Why am I working late on a fine summer evening? The lettered person could not do simple word-problem arithmetic. Not only could that person not do simple math. That person chose not to use an easy-peasy form that would have done the simple mat for her. Grrrr. ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2016, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-put-your-degrees-on-your-business-card/756269/45 "2016-06-04T01:37:00Z")
The MLS is required in my line of work, so even if I had a business card it would be kinda superfulous. ---
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2016, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-put-your-degrees-on-your-business-card/756269/46 "2016-06-04T14:18:42Z")
My business card has R.N. after my name but that is pertinent to my business… Mostly I give them to patients to give their doctors so the doctors can fax orders to us. My personal numbers are not on the card at all. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2016, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-put-your-degrees-on-your-business-card/756269/47 "2016-06-04T14:30:34Z")
New a guy that had alphabet soup after his name with all his degrees and certifications. The last one he added for fun was EIEIO - “Old McDonald had a farm…” ---
**Author:** ![BetsQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/fbc32d/32.png) [@BetsQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BetsQ)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2016, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-put-your-degrees-on-your-business-card/756269/48 "2016-06-05T00:55:38Z")
Mine say, “BetsQ, Ph.D.” I’m in research, so have an advance research degree matters. ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2016, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-put-your-degrees-on-your-business-card/756269/49 "2016-06-05T01:13:55Z")
I don’t put my degrees on my business cards. My cousin had a business card at one point (he works in software) that had his name, no degrees listed, followed by “Top Gun” as his job title. The company approved. ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2016, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-put-your-degrees-on-your-business-card/756269/50 "2016-06-05T01:45:38Z")
I used to, but nobody seemed to be very impressed. -Spud Q. Tater GED ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2016, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-put-your-degrees-on-your-business-card/756269/51 "2016-06-05T02:06:42Z")
On LinkedIn I get a lot of interest in in D.td B. It’s disturbing how many recruiters are still interested when I explain it stands for “Duty to dat Booty”. In summary, LinkedIn is a bunch of crap. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2016, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-put-your-degrees-on-your-business-card/756269/52 "2016-06-05T14:47:01Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > I don’t even have business cards. Thirty years on and managed to never get them. > > From the other side, in my field, if I got a card that said MS, PhD whatever after the person’s name, I’d figure they were trying too hard. Like they have low self esteem and are buoying it with the letter salad. > > This isn’t a blanket putdown or anything of others who have their degrees; it only is my opinion of my workplace. I don’t work with dentists or lawyers, just a smattering of Phds. 🙂 This. I have never had cards. When I meet someone new at a meeting, I simply shake their hand and tell them my name. If they want to contact me, I am probably in the email string that lead up to the meeting. ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2016, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-put-your-degrees-on-your-business-card/756269/53 "2016-06-05T15:06:28Z")
> [@P-man](#): > > The MLS is required in my line of work, so even if I had a business card it would be kinda superfulous. I do have a business card but feel the same way. Having a Master’s degree is one of the basic requirements for this job, so it’s not like anyone in the field is going to be impressed that I have one. My degree is also officially an MA LIS, and I feel like if that was on my cards I’d probably wind up having to say “It’s the same thing as an MLS, that’s just what my school called it – and yes, it’s ALA-accredited” a lot. If I had a Ph.D. then I might include that on my business cards since I’m in academia and it might give me a little (probably very little) extra clout with professors and students. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-put-your-degrees-on-your-business-card/756269.md?page=2)