Networking events feel like trying to remember everyone's job titles.

I end up nodding along without really knowing what they do.

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My brain turns to MUSH trying to keep titles straight. I once called a "Director of First Party Logistics" a warehouse manager to his face and had to just roll with it like that was my plan all along.

sarahf991d ago

Last conference I went to, I stopped trying to remember titles altogether. I just ask "what are you working on right now" instead. Got a way better chat with someone who just said "supply chain" but then told me about the project to get emergency medicine into remote areas. Their title was some long acronym, but who cares, you know?

jade_jenkins1d ago

Read a piece once that said job titles are basically meaningless in most fields now. They change all the time and don't really tell you what someone does day to day. Asking about current work cuts through that and gets to the interesting stuff, like that supply chain project. Heard a podcast where a CEO said they stopped using titles internally because it made teamwork better. Makes sense why conferences feel more useful when you skip the official stuff. Plus, you avoid the awkward moment when you forget someone's title and just nod vaguely.