The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main,alt.folklore.computers as well.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Zelden) writes: > Today, I see these two used interchangeably. I've even seen title changes > from one to the other in the same shop when HR decided to review > everyone's job titles and such. > > I still prefer plain ol' Systems Programmer over all the titles I've had. re: http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2007j.html#65 Help settle a job title/role debate later, i would have battles to have no title at all ... and have my business cards w/o any title (I would sometimes joke that if it was necessary to get things done based on a title ... then it was time to retire ... i should be able to convince people to do something based on it was the right thing to do). the other battle was being one of the first to have email address on business card. ... there is old joke about person that use to fly a kite from the roof of 705 bldg. in pok on april 1st ... who had pencils made up with his name ... "Elect .... lab director, raises or promotions, but not both". old references: http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2000b.html#60 South San Jose (was Tysons Corner, Virginia) http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2000d.html#38 S/360 development burnout? http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2006m.html#22 Patent #6886160 this is slightly different than the Boyd line effectively about neither raises nor promotions ... recent ref: http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2007j.html#61 Lean and Mean: 150,000 U.S. layoffs for IBM? which is more along the lines of references at some number of locations (across a variety of large bureaucratic organizations) being primarily mushroom factories (i.e. most of the people are kept in the dark and feed .... ) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
