Comments on: What do you call yourself?

By: Anthony

Anthony — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 04:42:39 +0000

For a while I was calling myself an Internet Ideas Guy for your Business even though it is simplistic and easy to describe I’m not real confident in that job description anymore. So right now I’ve got nothing but am not taking on new clients so it’s OK.

By: JohnT

JohnT — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 15:18:32 +0000

Wow, I haven’t been here in a while, just been a tad busy I suppose.

I am still a Web Design student. But when I get out who knows what I’ll consider myself due to the multiple medium’s I’ve studied (Web, Film, and Audio). So I would consider myself a Media Designer.

By: mr. diggles

mr. diggles — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 06:39:29 +0000

i would consider myself two things.

1. a content developer web master.

2. an el donkey trainer.

but it would most likley be #1 based on the question.

By: AdamD

AdamD — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 04:32:18 +0000

As a coder, I’ve had trouble with being considered a Web Designer. I’ve sort of always hated the term, because 1) I’m lacking in design skills and 2) From the get-go, it’s had kind of negative connotations.

So, I switched to Web Developer, but people still heard designer. Then I switched to Web Programmer, but guess what, people still hear designer.

It’s a tough nut to crack. And if I want to encourage the right sort of networking, I need to find a better way to say it. When people I’ve talked to start sending me design work, it’s rather annoying to continually turn it down.

By: sabrina

sabrina — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 18:04:15 +0000

So what is it about the “blank stare” that you get when you say that you are a web developer? That is the start of the conversation, if like me, they are interested in the web they will ask more about it. If not the rest of what you do will come up anyway in conversation. No fancy descriptive name will really get them interested.

My own job description is not fancy and I would say that few know exactly what I do. I myself can’t remember a single dental assistant- I had 4 or so procedures I know had an assistant… anyway when I say what I do people sometimes talk about teeth and things related to that. So my job description is enough if someone is interested in talking about that.

What say you Justin?