On Sun, Mar 8, 2015, at 05:09 PM, Roman Shaposhnik wrote: > a recent thread with one of the PMCs pointed out an issue > that I've long wanted to solicit feedback for: what is the ideal > job title for somebody who is payed to help ASF communities > grow?
Just as a reference, I think my title when I was with Citrix was something like "open source cloud evangelist." I kind of grew to dislike "evangelist" and suggested "advocate" instead. As a title provided by a company, I would be against any title that incorporates the name of an Apache project. Red Hat, for instance, can employ (and grant the title) the "Fedora Project Leader" and Novell can employ the "openSUSE Community Manager," but none of the companies are entitled to give a title related to any Apache project. I'd probably suggest something around a product or more general technology title (e.g., "open source big data advocate" or "CloudPlatform Community evangelist"). I've yet to come up with a satisfying title that seems appropriate for what I do. Especially one that conveys what I do succinctly when people outside the immediate community ask me what my job is... Best, jzb -- Joe Brockmeier j...@zonker.net Twitter: @jzb http://www.dissociatedpress.net/
