It is funny to read MCA's response. How do we answer the phone with respect to the caller? For example, we would say to a "customer" - "This is Kent from the Support Desk." But, this really doesn't fit anymore as we outsource the Support Desk. Or, if you were to call on say a vendor - "This is Kent from CompanyXX IT."
But, anyway to my point.. Take my Job Title - I started in December 1999 at my current Job.. I was a "Systems Analyst II" and then I became a "DBA" (Talk about going to the "Dark Side"
) a "Network Engineer" and now I am "Systems Engineer." The thing that is funny is that I still do pretty much the same job, just the titles have switched around.
Our company itself has switched the title back and forth to fit the most politically correct thing at the time. One of the things that has been the most radical is the naming of our servers - Our current Director has mandated that all servers be named after Greek Gods like Apollo, etc. We used to use a more logical approach: Location-OS-Function as an example: SANNTSE01 and would read SAN for San Fransico, NT for Windows NT, S for Server, E for Exchange, and 01 for the first server. Instead the word APOLLO could mean it is in Jacksonville, Portland, Walnut Creek or wherever. I guess this could be topic unto it's own. We have tried to explain that to him, but he would not hear of it.
Kent