Tuesday, November 15, 2005

That's a Jack of all trades.

This Enterprise Solutions Specialist has a familiar ring to it. When I landed my current posting, they called me "Enterprise Systems Support Analyst". Very esoteric. So, for all that title what did I do? Install programs, move machines back and forth across domains, look for people's lost Outlook PSTs. Troubleshoot. Babysit adults with fully grown brains. Ohhh, Ohh, sometimes it would get very interesting. I would put a page or two on the intranet for the education of the rest of the staff.

For a prize of two cents, what is a "Database web developer"?. Most likely, that is someone who writes asp pages, hosted on the corporate intranet, that posts alerts and reads information from a database. And that is if they are 20% accurately describing the job. Most likely the job is what one would call a computer lackey. Mtu wa computer.

Ridiculous. These titles are made by self-important middle level managers. For instance, mine wanted to feel that he was managing a team of "Analysts". The whole idea is laughable. I have seen real analysts at work and I know I am not one. Much later, the HoD changed. This one had done a stint in IBM and knew how a software concern should be run. I got a new christening. Junior Developer. All the support work was cleared from my desk. Seat, table, computer and Visual Studio only. A whole line of managers were reduced to techies again. It was a glorius time for foot soldiers.

To recognition of lies, wrapped as truth.

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