Do You Hate Being Called an "IT Guy?"

An anonymous reader writes "The phrase 'IT' is so overused, I'm not sure what it means any more. OK, maybe it's an ego thing, but I spent a lot of years in grad school, lots of years getting good at creating software, and lots of years getting good at creating technical products and I don't want the same label as the intern who fixes windoze. I'm looking at a tech management job at a content company that is trying to become a software company, and they refer to everything about software development, data center operations, and desktop support as 'IT.' I'd like to tell the CEO before I take the job that we have to stop referring to all these people as 'IT people' or I'm not going to be able to attract and retain the top-tier talent that is required. Am I just being petty? Should I just forget it? Change it slowly over time? These folks are really developing products, but we don't normally call software creators 'product developers.' Just call them the 'Tech Department' or the 'Engineering Deptartment?'"

Comments

Re:Self-important Douchebag

[mwvdlee]

How does the following passage make you feel? Does it make you feel comforted or outraged?

Outraged. The idea that America (I assume he's speaking about the USA, not actually America, the continent) started something that pretty much existed since the beginning of time is... well... a bit silly.

Re:Next Ask Sloshdot question you should ask

[x2A]

Oh please come back and post more often, your amazing insights are invaluable. That's just what this site needs more of, people who'll only come out of the woodwork to express how little they understand of somebody's point of view.

What amazes me is when you saw that ol' "comment" box, you could've written anything, you went with "I know what the world needs, more bitterness!".

In this economy where people are losing their homes?!! Wake up, there're people all over the world who've never even experienced a proper home or job, or not dying with their families of starvation. If you can live your life while that's happening, people can live their lives while there's a credit crunch and unemployment. Somebody not trying to make the most of their own life isn't going to fix -anything-.