I once worked at a company where everybody was either a member of the technical staff or a senior member of the technical staff. It gave use a lot more flexibility when bidding on contracts.
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of Skip Robinson [jo.skip.robin...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2021 1:35 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: System Programmer Titles This discussion so far has been about 'functional' titles, as it was intended. However, many companies also confer a 'corporate' title as well. For example, it was common at one point for aerospace companies in Southern California to designate everyone an 'MTS', or Member of Technical Staff. This was regardless of specialty or platform. I worked for a bank that made everyone look like a bank officer. I was hired in as Information Officer, rising over the years to the exalted level of Vice President. This was all based on salary level, although I was told the titles(s) conferred on me the authority to sign documents on behalf of the bank. Practically, I once had to convince someone who called me for technical assistance that despite being a titular VP, I actually did know something about JES2. I'm intrigued by the multiplicity of functional titles, but I'm at a loss as to how to compare them with each other. On Tue, Oct 12, 2021 at 9:25 AM Tom Brennan <t...@tombrennansoftware.com> wrote: > When I started the work I'm currently doing with an IBM business > partner, they made a card for me that said: > > Sr. zEngineer > IBM zEnterprise Practice > > It was so embarrassing I never gave it out to anyone and went to Kinko's > and made my own: Mainframe Technical > > I'm not sure who Señor zEngineer was anyway. > > On 10/11/2021 9:22 PM, Bruce Hewson wrote: > > Mine is listed as > > > > Infra Tech Lead Analyst > > > > > > Regards > > Bruce > > > > -- Skip Robinson 323-715-0595 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
