3 ms·
Back before we were bought up by $Multinational_corp, my job title read General Purpose Geek; after a couple of practical jokes in the office which were attribu
by lb1lf 9y ago
Back before we were bought up by $Multinational_corp, my job title read General Purpose Geek; after a couple of practical jokes in the office which were attributed to me, my boss added 'and master of shenanigans' in the employee database.
When we were being integrated in the company that bought us, some HR apparatchik called me and asked whether geekery or shenanigans was my primary role; compound titles didn't cut it.
They then realized based on my pay grade that I would be a senior engineer at the very least, and my first business cards after the merger read 'Master of advanced shenanigans'.
Then some sod spotted the title and adjusted it to the more corporate-sounding advanced project engineer. Sigh.