For me, a random sales guy took the cake when he introduced himself as “Chief Innovation Evangelist”.

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    Worked in printing before things were phased to computers and had to shoot/cut out negatives on a light table for the press plates. It was called “stripping”. So, I was a stripper once without taking off any clothes.

    Pharmacists are drug dealers. At least I call them that. 😁

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    Chief Trainee.

    Context: The hierarchy at this job I once had (and still kind of have) went like this:
    First, the four departments:
    Technician, Navigator, Mechanic, Processor.

    The structure: Trainee tech/nav/mech/proc -> tech/nav/mech/proc ->
    Shift Leader tech/nav/mech/proc ->
    Chief tech/nav/mech/proc ->
    Party Chief

    This one guy we hired was good at what he did, and he had years of experience from a different company. He was hired with the understanding that he’d take on the chief role after some time.

    However, HR stupidity dictated that a certain duration with the company was required for various levels, so he had to start as a trainee. And pay was also linked to this, and he was supposed to be paid as a chief.

    So I as a shift lead at that time had him working under me as Chief Trainee so he could learn our methods and systems before he got into the role as my Chief.

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    Maybe this doesn’t count but… I once had a manager who had “Master of All He Surveys” on his business card.

    We didn’t get a long too well.

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    I worked with a guy who was Happiness Officer and all my friends found it hilarious. He was pretty good at keeping the team happy though so I didn’t give him too much shit about it.

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    I was being recruited to design and develop a machine that sorted bull semen into male and female and I half jokingly said I’d consider it if i could have the title of Sr Semen Sorter and manager said ok. COVID stopped the project though

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    “Thinker” is probably the most obnoxious one I’ve heard of, from the CTO of a tech company

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    5 months ago

    If I remember reading some old Mac magazine correctly, Guy Kawasaki’s official job title at Apple was “Intergalactic Evangelist”.