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by lordbusiness 4147 days ago
Interesting and thought provoking article. I wonder if this could take off as a concept and change the way we define ourselves? I like the concept.

One thing that is lacking however is perhaps an understanding of what job titles are today. I haven't formally been handed a job title in many years, so long in fact that I honestly can't recall which previous employer was the last to grant me a specific pigeon hole at the personnel level. (Yes, I deliberately use the antiquated term for HR to illustrate how long ago this may have been).

In this day and age job titles for me and my peers appear to be ultra concise summaries of what capacity people are most recently working in, as opposed to formally designated titles. Perhaps we're stretching the word title.

Regardless, the fact that these charts better represent the fluid nature of how interests and activities change, this would be a nicer solution. Two thumbs up.

P.S. I say this with no snarkiness, I wish people would proof read articles they publish.

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P.P.S. I'd love to see the ability to add myself as a remote worker. I had to choose my closest major city, which doesn't accurately reflect how I work.
We're in the process of considering a number of new input fields for both organisations and users. This is one that we intend to add in the next few days.