On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 2:35 PM, Gregory Maxwell<gmaxw...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 5:19 PM, Erik Moeller<e...@wikimedia.org> wrote: >> Our approach to job titles actually has an emerging basic pattern. :-) >> It's not 100% consistent because we sometimes have stuck with commonly >> used titles like "Office Manager" and "General Counsel", but generally >> one we try to follow: > [snip] > > It's not bad to have an internal pattern, but I think it's more > important to match the practices in industry. > > By containing the magic words "senior" and "architect" the proposed > "Senior Software Architect" is, in my experience, not inconsistent > with industry naming practice for the most important tech guru who > isn't primarily a manager. > > It's not a bad title in any case. <snip>
I would like to note that it isn't just internal naming schemes and/or industry conventions that matter. Brion is also engaged in a significant amount of interaction with external communities, including the volunteer developers and the Mediawiki user base. In that context, I think a description such as "head" or "lead" would help explain his role more clearly than "senior" does. Anyway, that's my two cents. -Robert Rohde _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
