Sophia, my favorite title ever was Special Projects Juggler.

Years ago, I knew a woman whose job at King Features Syndicate had evolved from secretary to coordinating all kinds of work. They asked her what she wanted on her business card. She said, "Queen of King Features."

A guy at work literally started whining to me when I tried to explain to him that it's not my job to debug an application that he is supposed to be supporting.

He was talking about mutual offers of aid and assistance with Cuba and how helping people in storms not a political thing.

Wow, that just made me like Jeb a whole lot more than I ever did before. How very...sensible!

Sad when that's a high accolade.

ICON, my laptop's hard drive is dying. Woe.

Did you tell him you can't understand him when he uses that tone? That's what mom always said.

I have a lame title.

IOLameN, I just had the lamest realization: whenever I'm reading a story that at some point involves characters inside a house or apartment whose layout isn't explicitly described (and even sometimes if it is, which can make things confusing) I use one of two default layouts, with very few exceptions. Down to where the kitchen appliances go. These layouts have no relation to any place I've ever lived, nor any house I honestly think I've been in. It's sort of strange.

Andreas’ Personal Flying Suit (“Monocopter”) Project

I wanna find the guy who's building this and say, "Dude. You're head's gonna be inches away from a jet engine." Also, I hope he knows what he's doing, as the stability and control of that thing would be very complex engineering problems....

My formal title is Senior Application Architect... at a publishing company. It makes me sound all kinds of responsible and awesome even if I'm not.

Did you tell him you can't understand him when he uses that tone? That's what mom always said.

OMG MINE TOO.

Actually, I think we've had this conversation before.

My formal title is Senior Application Architect... at a publishing company.

See, that makes sense. It's like you're building stuff. The books are the boards and the authors are the nails... and to get anything done you have to hit the authors over the head with a hammer....

I'm Human Resources Manager, which is the most boring title ever. Luckily, I love my job.

Queen of King Features

Perfect!

Fast Company magazine (which I have not read consistently for years) used to have a feature profiling cool titles. They make a difference!

Even if you have a boring actual title, you can always make one up for yourself. For one of my clients, I'm "She Who Saves Himself, from Himself."

HR Manager can easily translate into "Cat Herder."

What would your title be if you it could be what you would have it be?