The Ultimate omission
So i’ve been catch up on my Google reader backlog of articles and specifically i was reading Andy’s post about job titles. The topic in question is something that i have a strong belief about to the extent where i very specifically do not claim to be or try to live up to any type of job title. I’m not a software developer – i can develop software but its not all i do. I’m not a project manager – i manage what i need to in order to get the job done. And i’m not a team lead – i will lead teams but i’ll lead them in the way i do things : with energy and enthusiasm, not because of a job title that i or someone else invented. I say invented because i would imagine that only a small percentage of so called job titles are unique. The fruits of this i think show through, when you aren’t restricted to certain roles and responsibilities – you just do the job. By this time next week hopefully i’ll be celebrating this fruit.
However, the post had more to it than that. Andy spoke of a personal brand which i can get on board with and although i’m fortunate to have a site online to demonstrate this persona two things came to mind. Firstly how can people convey this without personal blogs and sites. Secondly is my online presence accurate?
While i can’t do much for the first, the tag cloud on the right goes some way to describing me however the thing that i noticed were a few obvious omissions which until now i clearly haven’t written about, and will proceed to do over the coming weeks.
Ultimate – i couldn’t believe that i didn’t have a tag for this. Its a team sport that i’ve been playing for more years than i can now remember and its unlike most. In fact its a cross between lots such as basketball, netball and american football. Unlike others though it has no referee and relies on players spirit of the game to officiate itself. I used to play with the university team and now have ( together with a few others ) created a new team called Rawhyde. Its a game that can be played at all levels and during my ‘career’ i have also travelled the world to play, including a 3 year stint playing for Great Britain ( the last of which i was the captain ).