>>>My job is being reclassified at the hospital where I work. I have been asked to supply an appropriate name for the position. Has anyone ever seen any definitions for terms like...
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>>>- systems analyst
>>>- programmer
>>>- designer
>>>- administrator
>>>- developer
>>>- database administrator
>>>- network administrator
>>>- etc...
>>>
>>>Any help would be appreciated.
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>>They could call me anything they want as long as my paycheck is signed.
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>Steve,
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>What about "Alice" or "pencil-neck". :-)
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>I use to work for a tiny modem company and well use to invent all kinds of cool job titles when it came time to print more business cards.
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>You should see this job decription. It is three pages long. One summary, 10 examples of responsibilities, a section for Education and another for "knowledge and abilities". I could boil it down to... "Plan, design and implement hardware and software computer systems".

Alice, now that's a new one even for me. And at 6', 225 lbs, I certainly don't have a pencil neck but hey, as long as the checks keep coming. I've worked with those who are very "title" conscious. I've never been. For many years I worked with companies who primarily did gov't contracting so there was a title (as required by the contract) for each position. Some of them were quite strange, some were useful. As for pages of descriptions, well someone had a little too much time on their hands I think.

Steve