Whats in a job title?
Just to lighten the mood, this thread is not to be taken serious.
Over the years I have noticed that the titles given to describe peoples job have changed dramatically, not just in what is allowed, but in the 'status' connected to them.
As an example I can remember asking what someone was doing, and what the job title was, (back in 1980, I think it was). The person was making floorboards for jumbo jets, (the things you walk on) and I was told by the supervisor that he was, 'an interspace structual engineer'.
I and probably Ben can remember back to the 50's upto the 70's, when the title engineer was exclusively reserved for people with relevant degrees only. So what has happened since then, that anyone can add the title 'engineer' to their job description, and it has become so common to do so that it no longer has any real meaning. If you have watched the latest Microsoft add for AI, (artificial intelegance) in their products they refer to the programmers, (and possibly everyone else) as engineers, even the programmers of Dw and other Adobe apps are called engineers.
So given that they develop using mainly html, css, javascript and ocasionally C++, (remember web assembly has arrived) should we as web developers now change our job title, to -
Internet site engineers.
Just my suggestion.
Anyone have other examples of inflated job titles, and how we should describe ourselves now, (without getting too serious)?
