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"Joe's taking care of the technical side along with Jessica, Jenny does business, and Jorge handles marketing." There, no CxO stuff when the company is young.
by malloryerik 9y ago
"Joe's taking care of the technical side along with Jessica, Jenny does business, and Jorge handles marketing."
There, no CxO stuff when the company is young. Maybe these people all know their "big" titles, but they don't call themselves that until it sounds appropriate.
Until then, any business cards might as well just have names without titles. Why not? At smaller sizes formalities are unnecessary.
Of course if you're trying to deceive people into thinking you're huge, this won't usually be the way to go. And on the flip side, being honestly humble can signal authenticity and trustworthiness.
This surely isn't the only way and won't always fit -- not very "fake it 'til you make it" -- but at least it does away with ridiculous President of My Garage scenarios.
- matthewmacleod 9y agoI would still think it sounds a bit weird to describe myself as 'the guy who handles the technical side' in a conversation, but I can see that it's an option if you're happy to be less formal! I guess I don't generally treat CxO titles as heavy-sounding as some other people do. I wouldn't consider it at all unusual to meet a 'CTO' at a moderately small tech company, and it makes it immediately clear to me what the person does. 'Technical director' is pretty good too; I suppose 'Managing director', 'Marketing director' etc. would all fit into the same general group. Maybe that's a good middle-ground.
- aluhut 9y agoYou could say: I'm responsible for the technical side.