# What's your job title?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-job-title/114499>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 17, 2002, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-job-title/114499 "2002-06-17T11:22:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2002, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-job-title/114499/1 "2002-06-17T11:22:07Z")

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_Not_ ‘what do you do for a living’, but what is your official job title?

Me – Technology Risk Consultant (suitably meaningless)

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**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2002, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-job-title/114499/2 "2002-06-17T11:34:37Z")

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General Factotum.

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**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2002, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-job-title/114499/3 "2002-06-17T11:44:06Z")

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Film Archivist

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**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2002, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-job-title/114499/4 "2002-06-17T11:50:54Z")

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Aerospace Structural Engineer

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**Author:** ![lauramarlane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a5b964/32.png) [@lauramarlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lauramarlane)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2002, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-job-title/114499/5 "2002-06-17T11:53:20Z")

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Library Technology Coordinator

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**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2002, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-job-title/114499/6 "2002-06-17T13:27:10Z")

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graduate assistant

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**Author:** ![roadrunner70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@roadrunner70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roadrunner70)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2002, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-job-title/114499/7 "2002-06-17T13:35:10Z")

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Junior Executive Research Consultant. Or J.E.R.C. for short…HEY!!!

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**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2002, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-job-title/114499/8 "2002-06-17T13:36:09Z")

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Helper Monkey.

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**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2002, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-job-title/114499/9 "2002-06-17T13:40:07Z")

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Copy Chief. But I refer to myself in memos as “Copy Empress.”

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**Author:** ![auntie\_em](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@auntie\_em](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auntie_em)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2002, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-job-title/114499/10 "2002-06-17T13:43:22Z")

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Director of Information Services and Planning (DOISAP?).

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**Author:** ![auntie\_em](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@auntie\_em](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auntie_em)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2002, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-job-title/114499/11 "2002-06-17T13:52:55Z")

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Director of Information Services and Planning (DOISAP?).

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**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2002, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-job-title/114499/12 "2002-06-17T13:57:23Z")

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Hey You (you don’t get a job title around here when you’re a temp).

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**Author:** ![Steve\_Wright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Steve\_Wright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_Wright)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2002, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-job-title/114499/13 "2002-06-17T14:09:28Z")

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Senior Web Developer. (But I think “Hey You” would be a step up.)

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**Author:** ![dono](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e0b2c6/32.png) [@dono](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dono)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2002, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-job-title/114499/14 "2002-06-17T14:16:13Z")

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Environmental Protection Specialist.

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**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2002, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-job-title/114499/15 "2002-06-17T14:21:06Z")

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Associate software engineer. It’s a start.

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**Author:** ![GrizzRich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ba0ec/32.png) [@GrizzRich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrizzRich)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2002, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-job-title/114499/16 "2002-06-17T14:39:44Z")

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Travel Manager

But on my new business cards, it’ll read “Travel Guru”.

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**Author:** ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2002, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-job-title/114499/17 "2002-06-17T14:56:03Z")

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Research Fellow

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**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2002, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-job-title/114499/18 "2002-06-17T14:58:33Z")

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Supreme Commander (Retired)

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**Author:** ![Zanshin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e274bd/32.png) [@Zanshin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zanshin)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2002, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-job-title/114499/19 "2002-06-17T15:20:34Z")

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Lead Environmental Engineer

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**Author:** ![TheFifthYear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@TheFifthYear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheFifthYear)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2002, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-job-title/114499/20 "2002-06-17T15:25:53Z")

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Research Assistant

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