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As someone not in tech, I have no idea how to refer to my tech friends' jobs (lemmy.world)
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[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I've been a programmer my whole career, but some years ago my then-employer gave me the actual title of "visionary". This caused me to immediately lose the respect of my coworkers, and after a few months it was obvious my employer was just preparing to get rid of me and replace me with H-1Bs.

[–] elxeno@lemm.ee 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

gave me the actual title of "visionary"

You answer to this guy now

CVO

[–] Strawberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 8 months ago

He should've just given himself the job title of "Linus"