For me, a random sales guy took the cake when he introduced himself as “Chief Innovation Evangelist”.

  • WindyRebel@lemmy.world
    29·
    6 months ago

    Worked in printing before things were phased to computers and had to shoot/cut out negatives on a light table for the press plates. It was called “stripping”. So, I was a stripper once without taking off any clothes.

    Pharmacists are drug dealers. At least I call them that. 😁

  • HootinNHollerin@slrpnk.net
    261·
    6 months ago

    I was being recruited to design and develop a machine that sorted bull semen into male and female and I half jokingly said I’d consider it if i could have the title of Sr Semen Sorter and manager said ok. COVID stopped the project though

  • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
    19·
    6 months ago

    If I remember reading some old Mac magazine correctly, Guy Kawasaki’s official job title at Apple was “Intergalactic Evangelist”.

  • lyth@sh.itjust.works
    201·
    6 months ago

    A good line from a video about a cancelled game jam documentary: “Matti was hired as a Pepsi Consultant, a job title less dignified than Human Trafficker”

    • snooggums@midwest.socialEnglish
      8·
      6 months ago

      I know that is used for someone who generally has a good enough grasp on science and technology to make rough approximations of what could happen as those fields progress, but it sounds like a fancy term for a psychic.

      • trolololol@lemmy.world
        1·
        6 months ago

        Don’t worry, everyone that’s supposed to get a good grasp at Tech and science gets as wrong as everyone else.

        Fusion power plants are a decade away. As well as quantum computers for practical applications, and general artificial intelligence. Everything that is more than ten year gets compressed into "next decade’.

  • BitSound@lemmy.world
    16·
    6 months ago

    “Thinker” is probably the most obnoxious one I’ve heard of, from the CTO of a tech company

    • calabast@lemm.ee
      7·
      6 months ago

      I feel like besides being a silly title, I feel like it would rub me the wrong way if I worked at that company with any other title.

      Because of the implication.

  • enbyecho@lemmy.worldEnglish
    15·
    6 months ago

    Maybe this doesn’t count but… I once had a manager who had “Master of All He Surveys” on his business card.

    We didn’t get a long too well.

  • neidu2@feddit.nl
    11·
    6 months ago

    Chief Trainee.

    Context: The hierarchy at this job I once had (and still kind of have) went like this:
    First, the four departments:
    Technician, Navigator, Mechanic, Processor.

    The structure: Trainee tech/nav/mech/proc -> tech/nav/mech/proc ->
    Shift Leader tech/nav/mech/proc ->
    Chief tech/nav/mech/proc ->
    Party Chief

    This one guy we hired was good at what he did, and he had years of experience from a different company. He was hired with the understanding that he’d take on the chief role after some time.

    However, HR stupidity dictated that a certain duration with the company was required for various levels, so he had to start as a trainee. And pay was also linked to this, and he was supposed to be paid as a chief.

    So I as a shift lead at that time had him working under me as Chief Trainee so he could learn our methods and systems before he got into the role as my Chief.

  • Volkditty@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10·
    6 months ago

    I was looking for a new job recently and found a listing for Part-time Manhole Cover Inspector. Was tempted to apply, but I was not qualified.

    My younger brother had a summer job in high school as a worm farmer.