Is the job title of "Webmaster" an anachronism?

Posted by Phil.Wheeler on Stack Overflow See other posts from Stack Overflow or by Phil.Wheeler
Published on 2009-10-04T22:22:28Z Indexed on 2010/03/08 3:02 UTC
Read the original article Hit count: 673

Filed under:

subjective

|

job-title

|

taxonomy

I've worked with a few people who have the word "webmaster" either as part of their formal job title or as their actual title.

The type of work these people do does relate loosely to the web, but I suspect better, more appropriate titles that more accurately reflect the job function would make more sense.

Is the "webmaster" moniker still relevant today?

© Stack Overflow or respective owner

Related posts about subjective

Scoring/analysis of Subjective testing for skills assessment

as seen on Programmers - Search for 'Programmers'
I am lucky in the sense that I have been given the opportunity to be a 'Technical Troubleshooter' for our offshore development team. While I am confident and capable of dealing with most issues, I have come across something that I am not. Based on initial discussions with various team members both… >>> More
Best Practise/Subjective: Implement a finite state automaton in OOP

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
Hi guys, I am thinking about implementing a programm with finite state automaton in an OOP language like Java or C++. What would you think is the best way to implement this with a manageable amount of available states, regarding to good software design? Is it good to implement for each state an… >>> More
Subjective question...would you use the Action delegate to avoid duplication of code?

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
Hello, I just asked a question that helps about using generics (or polymorphism) to avoid duplication of code. I am really trying to follow the DRY principle. So I just ran into the following code... Sub OutputDataToExcel() OutputLine("Output DataBlocks", 1) OutputDataBlocks() … >>> More
"Best" language /architecture for browser-based app with ODBC and sockets? (subjective)

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
Sorry to ask a subjective question, but I would welcome some advice. I am an experienced programmer of embedded s/w, but haven't done much network programming, although I have done a fair bit of hobbyist PHP. Anyway, I have to develop what is probably a fairly general type of app, as shown in this… >>> More
The best terminal emulator for a heavy terminal user?

as seen on Ask Ubuntu - Search for 'Ask Ubuntu'
I spend a lot of time at the command-line during the workday and at home too since I run Ubuntu exclusively. I've been using the default gnome terminal but I've reached a point where I'd really like to get my terminal tricked out so that my common tasks are as easy as possible. Specifically, I find… >>> More

Related posts about job-title

Is the job title of "Webmaster" an anachronism?

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
I've worked with a few people who have the word "webmaster" either as part of their formal job title or as their actual title. The type of work these people do does relate loosely to the web, but I suspect better, more appropriate titles that more accurately reflect the job function would make more… >>> More
"Java & XML" job title

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
When people say they are a "Java & XML" developer, what do they mean? Are they saying they create XML data to be used in applications, or they use XML to configure a framework like Spring or Hibernate? What other ways are there to use XML in a Java application? >>> More
Need help figuring out an appropriate job title

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
My official title is Programmer but I do not feel it fully represents what I do because a large portion of my time is spent working with QA on testing, acting as a liason with our offshore development team and meeting with business managers to help make decisions about new features. My understanding… >>> More
Change in Job Title and Responsibilities

as seen on Geeks with Blogs - Search for 'Geeks with Blogs'
I've spent the past 7 years focused primarily on code and database performance. It's an area that I have a passion for, as well as a propensity. But what I've found is that its very hard to change the culture of a development environment. You can teach performance, you can encourage performance… >>> More
Outlook: Displaying email sender's job title in message list

as seen on Super User - Search for 'Super User'
Is there a way to display the sender's job title in the Outlook email list pane? I would like to see something like: From | Title | Subject | Received Joe Smith | President | Re: Proposal | 5:34 Bob Chen | Engineer | Fw: Request | 5:30 I am using Outlook 2010. All my mail comes through an Exchange… >>> More