Comments on: Are You Cursed with a Confusing Job Title?

By: Sharon Sarmiento

Sharon Sarmiento — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 01:20:39 +0000

Yeah, Terry, there are very few people with internet jobs who *only* do one thing. It’s incredibly hard to find a job title that encompasses everything.

It seems like sometimes folks choose their job title not really to convey what they do for a living, but to sort of “fit in” with everyone else. I think this is what “web publisher” does. To folks in the mainstream work world, the title of “web publisher” sounds respectable and normal (whatever that means), but it doesn’t convey the full scope of what a lot of bloggers do for a living. It’s sort of a non-job title, in that respect.

“Web rockstar” is an interesting, attention grabbing title. It’s not a “I just want to fit in” title. It gives you the chance to really explain what you do, which is cool. :)

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By: Terry Ng

Terry Ng — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 21:17:04 +0000

I don’t like web publisher. It really gives the wrong impression and pigeonholes you into being a “writer/editor.” I feel as a blogger, designer, photographer, and developer… that there is no one encompassing title that conveys what I do for my blog.

Web Rockstar the best thing I could come up with to engage interest when people looked at my card. The first response is usually… WOW!!! WEB ROCKSTAR?! What’s that?

That allows me to tell them exactly what I do. Either that.. or they think I’m some famous guy on MySpace with a million friends. :p

By: Sharon Sarmiento

Sharon Sarmiento — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 21:00:43 +0000

Oooo, I like that. I wish I could call myself a technoblogger. I don’t write about tech stuff, so I think the closest I could come to that would be “essayist”. I would leave off the “blogger part” cuz “essay blogger” doesn’t sound as cool as “technoblogger”.

BTW, Raj–congrats on getting to be on TV as an expert of something :) . That’s so cool!

By: raj

raj — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 20:26:38 +0000

I guess it depends on who you’re telling. When I was interviewed late last year for Canada’s CBC TV national news hour (about RFID chips), they put the title “technology blogger” under my name. I’d asked for “technoblogger”. No go.

But when someone asks what I do, if they don’t understand when I say “blogger”, I add, “I write online.” They usually nod their heads knowingly at this point.

By: Sharon Sarmiento

Sharon Sarmiento — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 20:09:04 +0000

I really like the job titles that are coming in here.

Along the lines of “Superior Being”, I was thinking maybe I could just call myself “She Who Must Be Obeyed”. That’s very straightforward and not confusing to anyone at all.

I also really like “Blog Overlord”, but I wonder what the female version of that would be. Would that be “Blog Overlady”? That doesn’t sound quite as cool.

It seems like “writer” always works. (As does “Web Rockstar”. ;) )

Sometimes folks call themselves “web publishers”, but I think they’re underselling themselves with that title.

What does it take to publish something on the web? All you have to do is push a button. It’s not like we’ve got printing presses set up in our rooms or anything.

Clicking the “publish” button is the easy part. Writing the content is the hard part. Better to call yourself a writer, IMO. (Or a web rockstar :) )

By: Terry

Terry — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 19:52:01 +0000

Web Rockstar! That’s what I have on my cards. ;)

By: jangelo

jangelo — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 19:46:39 +0000

I used to call myself a problogger. But with all the people raising eyebrows and asking "huh?" I decided to refer to myself as a more generic writer. But then of course, I can always say Blog Overlord. Or Editor. Or something to that effect.

By: Venomous Kate

Venomous Kate — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 01:58:33 +0000

Superior Being always works for me. ;)

By: Sharon Sarmiento

Sharon Sarmiento — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 01:01:28 +0000

@Megan–Oh, that’s so cool. Don’t you love having a job that’s blog oriented? I do. One thing you have going for you that many of us don’t is the connection to mainstream media via your local newspaper. It seems like when you say your job has something to do with a print newspaper that there’s instant recognition of “Oh, you’re a journalist.” That’s a plus.

@Terry and Hsien–you have business cards? Wow, I’m impressed!

If I had business cards for my own blog, I would put writer/editor, but if I had more than one blog that I ran (like if my business was creating and building blog after blog after blog), then I would skew it more towards “web developer”.

If I made my living from the blogs I ran, and the blogs belonged to me, then I would call myself a ProBlogger. I don’t care if anyone understands it or not. I just think that’s a cool job title, and I would wear it proudly. :) Being a ProBlogger is akin to being an astronaut.

For my biz, I do blog managment as part of the larger service I provide, which is managing the entire business (blogs and all) of my clients. Since all my clients own internet businesses, I call it Online Business Management. Anyone confused yet?

@Greg–hey thanks for sharing that link! Yes, I think Ze Frank’s business cards do say “Pro Scotch Drinker”. :) I also like how in that article they just call him “Performer, Ze Frank”. Now that’s an open ended job title!

*Oooo hold on–I just found the perfect job title: Web Rockstar.

This is perfect. I’m going to have that put on some business cards pronto. :)

Found it over in the comments section of this post http://www.blogherald.com/2007/03/22/who-are-your-blogging-heroes.