On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 03:25:23PM -0500, Lamar Owen wrote: > On Friday, February 18, 2011 02:54:38 pm Ray Van Dolson wrote: > > In an industry where one-man companies are not uncommon, you learn to > > never read too much into titles. :) > > True enough. > > While my title is 'CIO' it probably should be 'IT Department' as I > only have a consultant and a group of volunteers to help me out. But > the title does open doors that other titles would not open, in those > venues where such things count. Bob Hawkins at EMC calls me 'Mr. > Make-Do' and I have been tempted to get some cards printed with that > title on them.... > > On tech lists I find the title to be more of a negative, since the > word 'suit' ends up being bandied about.....the only time I wear a > suit is when the occasion demands (like the Lieutenant Governor of > North Carolina is visiting). Otherwise it's mostly 'business casual' > and even jeans, depending upon what I'm doing that day..... > > In any case, that's one reason I typically drop the .sig completely > on this and other lists, unless the situation warrants. > > The problem with being essentially a one-man IT department (or a one > or two or three man distribution release team) is that can create > bottlenecks. > > And I've found that having help doesn't always reduce the workload or > make the work go faster, and I'm sure Karanbir and Johnny and the > others doing the release (you know who you are) would agree. > > Or, to pull out the standard computer science / information systems > reference, read 'The Mythical Man-Month' and get enlightened. You can change your .signature depending on who your audience is I guess. :) I was thinking of times when we've interviewed people for $DAYJOB who are applying for a SysAdmin spot (because that's what their skillset essentially was), but they list such things as VP of IT, CIO, etc on their resume because they were at a small shop. Obviously always exceptions.... but as you alluded to, "know your audience" is a good rule of thumb. Anyways, way off topic, but interesting discussion. Ray Undisputed (and sometimes Benevolent) Emperor of Ray's Linux Endeavors