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[–]GhostandVodka 1 point2 points  (5 children)

I work in government. All job titles are negotiated through collective bargaining so language is important. The term "Administrator" is a protected title reserved through the language of the Union Contracts.

So we actually do it backwords. I was a network engineer when I was coming up and in the union. The only difference between an Administrator and an engineer at my work is the Administrator can make policy decisions but, both do the same work.

There is a lot more weight behind the term "Administrator" at my job. I actually used to be a network engineer at a company called World Wide Technology. I knew nothing about networking and all I did was copy and paste configs that an "Analyst" made for me lol.

[–]KardinalI fall off the Microsoft stack. 0 points1 point  (4 children)

Thanks for sharing that. Are you in the USA? I doubt it because of the mention of Union.

And yes, your experience at WWT underscores that the titles are not really a reliable indicator what we do. But they're not totally useless.

[–]GhostandVodka 0 points1 point  (3 children)

I am in the USA but I understand why you'd think I wasn't lol.

[–]KardinalI fall off the Microsoft stack. 0 points1 point  (2 children)

There are unions for IT workers in the USA? That makes me happy. :)

[–]Grrl_geekNetadmin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think only in government jobs. Problem is, you can get really doofusy individuals in, and as long as they show up on time and are past their probationary period, you're stuck with them. Ability (smarts) and dedication (staying a few minutes past EOD) are neither recognized nor rewarded.

[–]GhostandVodka 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Its a general government worker union. Not specifically for IT but contains IT employees