My favorite is "Chief Handshaker". :) ------Original Message------ From: Brian Sender: foundation-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List ReplyTo: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Upcoming tech hiring: CTO position split Sent: Aug 8, 2009 8:57 PM
On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 4:40 PM, Brion Vibber <br...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > On 8/7/09 2:35 PM, Gregory Maxwell wrote: > > 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. > > > > (I was previously a manager and made a decision to hire a boss because > > I realized I'd rather be doing technical work than performance > > reviews. These days I'm just a lowly 'Senior … Engineer', and I'm > > quite happy with that, thank you very much) > > Exactly. > > Now, if we really think of a_totally badass title_ before we get the > business cards printed up I'm open to changing it, but honestly I like > it and it fits the role I see for myself just fine. :) My favorite title of all time, and I think the undisputed winner of the most badass title of all time, is Chief Internet Evangelist. You could be the Chief MediaWiki Evangelist, although architect does have a nice ring to it for the time being. Perhaps later on in your career you'll take on the role of Chief Wiki Evangelist. _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry® _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
