Once upon a time on linkedin
on creative job titles
Once upon a time dear reader, back in the latter fart of the early oughts, people were getting really creative with with both the jobs they did and the titles they give themselves.
Perhaps they ought not to have as many of them through the lense of hindsight sound pretty ridiculous.
I think it began with the tech and IT dorks who, for the most part didn’t know what they were doing. Some of these idiotic positions included
Software Ninjaneer: A combination of a software ninja and an engineer. The "ninja" part was used a lot to imply someone who was fast, efficient, and good at coding. I only wish some of them carried a katana to use in hari kari when they realized that their titles and roles were bullshit.
Emperor of Bit-Land: A fancy way of saying Chief Technology Officer, often used by a founder of a company. Given the fucking nightmare monsters they’ve created, it’s easy to see how the emperor these days is naked and flabby.
Digital Overlord: This was a common one for a webmaster or web…
