[soco]

Here in Switzerland, most of the non-IT people I'm talking with are genuinely surprised that for instance project managers are paid less that developers. For them just hearing the word "manager" = big buck.

[Cthulhu_]

Supply and demand at work I guess; if it's easier to get project managers than developers it becomes obvious which one should be paid more.

[phendrenad2]

Whenever I hear the term "Project Manager", and imagine all of the confusion collectively experienced by anyone who has had to explain that job, I think of Mr Burns from the Simpsons saying "Am I that out of touch? No, it's the KIDS who are wrong".

Let's call it "Project Coordinator" or "Project Advocate" or something.

[ThalesX]

Let’s call them “Project Secretary”, that should tune them down a bit…