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Oct 22, 2010, 08:09 AM
 
Okay, I'm filling out some business related paperwork, and most of the filings are wanting a job title. I know it's not THAT big of a deal, but still. As for what my job/company is, it's RAILhead Effects, my custom guitar effects pedals. It's full-time, and it's all me.

- "President" sounds too formal, and there's no board of directors to answer to.
- "Owner" works, but it doesn't seem to give the sense that I do everything.
- "Owner Operator" is okay, but doesn't that more industrial...?
- Others...?

These are for CE certification and loads of other legal forms I'm finally getting around to filing after 2 years, so I want it to be accurate, descriptive, yet pithy.
"Everything's so clear to me now: I'm the keeper of the cheese and you're the lemon merchant. Get it? And he knows it.
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Oct 22, 2010, 08:16 AM
 
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Oct 22, 2010, 08:22 AM
 
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Oct 22, 2010, 08:23 AM
 
"Owner" sounds good to me. I imagine the only reason to look at those titles is to make sure you have the legal authority to sign the form. "Owner" captures all that.

Even on the CE forms, if a compliance question comes up and they want to talk to the folks who designed the product, they will call you anyway. You can always put them on hold, let them wait for a minute or two, then answer the phone as the "principal hardware designer"....
     
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Oct 22, 2010, 09:26 AM
 
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Oct 22, 2010, 09:35 AM
 
What's My Job Title...?
"Man who needs to design versatile parametric EQ stompbox because there's none on the market (to Doof's knowledge) and he'd get silly rich by cornering it"

Too long?
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Oct 22, 2010, 10:03 AM
 
Originally Posted by Doofy View Post
"Man who needs to design versatile parametric EQ stompbox because there's none on the market (to Doof's knowledge) and he'd get silly rich by cornering it"

Too long?
That would require the recipients know to whom “Doof” refers. Could be a drawback.
     
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Oct 22, 2010, 10:21 AM
 
Originally Posted by Oisín View Post
That would require the recipients know to whom “Doof” refers. Could be a drawback.
Are you calling me fat?
I'm just trying my new catch-phrase out.
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Oct 22, 2010, 10:26 AM
 
I don’t call people fat. I prefer ‘pudgy’.
     
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Oct 22, 2010, 10:30 AM
 
That's a rather awkward word. Doesn't really trip from the tongue like molten silk, as correctly-designed words should. Hmmm.
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Oct 22, 2010, 10:39 AM
 
Originally Posted by Doofy View Post
That's a rather awkward word. Doesn't really trip from the tongue like molten silk, as correctly-designed words should. Hmmm.
Then again, nor do fat pudgy people. They tend to trip from the tongue like molten blubber instead.
     
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Originally Posted by Oisín View Post
Then again, nor do fat pudgy people. They tend to trip from the tongue like molten blubber instead.
I wouldn't know. My tongue doesn't go near pudgy fat people. Each to his own, I guess.
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Oct 22, 2010, 10:48 AM
 
Originally Posted by RAILhead View Post
- "Owner" works, but it doesn't seem to give the sense that I do everything.
It doesn't need to give the sense that you do everything - don't tell the blighters any more than you need to. If they need confirmation of something, they'll ask.
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Oct 22, 2010, 10:48 AM
 
Originally Posted by Doofy View Post
I wouldn't know. My tongue doesn't go near pudgy fat people. Each to his own, I guess.
They can be all right, with plenty of salt and a dash of vinegar. Ew. I just grossed myself out there.
     
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Oct 22, 2010, 10:50 AM
 
Originally Posted by Oisín View Post
They can be all right, with plenty of salt and a dash of vinegar. Ew. I just grossed myself out there.
I forgot you've been in Iceland recently - you've probably been eating nothing but whale blubber for weeks.
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Oct 22, 2010, 11:04 AM
 
Just wanted to pop-in and say congrats on making RHe a full time gig, your pedals are awesome and If I was more a guitar buff I'd deff. own one (or two) of them all. Something soothing about hand-made quality goods
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Oct 22, 2010, 11:29 AM
 
Owner & Chief Engineer

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Oct 22, 2010, 01:15 PM
 
Hey, how about "RAILhead" as your title ?

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Oct 22, 2010, 01:24 PM
 
Originally Posted by turtle777 View Post
Owner & Chief Engineer

-t
I think this is the winner.
"Everything's so clear to me now: I'm the keeper of the cheese and you're the lemon merchant. Get it? And he knows it.
That's why he's gonna kill us. So we got to beat it. Yeah. Before he let's loose the marmosets on us."
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Oct 22, 2010, 04:03 PM
 
Sort of implies you are an "engineer" though. Is there some sort of "Design" alternative? Not sure if there are any potential legal ramifications to claiming yourself as a "Chief Engineer" of a company...might be something you'd want to look into.

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Oct 22, 2010, 04:12 PM
 
Owner & Chief Hardware Designer

(does "engineer" imply a degree in the US?)
     
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My suggestion: Visionary
     
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Oct 22, 2010, 04:49 PM
 
Originally Posted by Spheric Harlot View Post
(does "engineer" imply a degree in the US?)
Originally Posted by ShortcutToMoncton View Post
Not sure if there are any potential legal ramifications to claiming yourself as a "Chief Engineer" of a company...might be something you'd want to look into.

greg
To my knowledge, only in the civil and structural engineering fields, or other fields relating to construction or public works projects. Those fields generally require Professional Engineer certification in addition to a degree, and there are legal ramifications to claiming PE certification if you do not have it.

We have an "Applications Engineer" at my company who does not have an engineering degree (but he knows a lot about our products, having worked for a number of years here in a different capacity.)
     
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Originally Posted by ShortcutToMoncton View Post
Sort of implies you are an "engineer" though.
He is.

Originally Posted by Wiki
An engineer is a professional practitioner of engineering, concerned with applying scientific knowledge, mathematics and ingenuity to develop solutions for technical problems.
As long as he doesn't call himself a "Professional (or Licensed) Engineer"

Professional Engineer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Yeah, what Dork said.

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Sole Proprietor? Owner and Designer? The Dude? His Dudeness? Duder? Or El Duderino if you aren't into that whole brevity thing.
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Head Honcho.


How bout Managing Director,
     
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Oct 23, 2010, 06:24 AM
 
how about "overlord" or "lord of pay-cheques"

There#s so much choice these days, you fill in anything as long as it sounds corporately correct.
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Originally Posted by turtle777 View Post
Owner & Chief Engineer

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^ That's kinda where I was gonna go with this.
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