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Ok not exactly "business" cards, more like a visiting card (something to hand to people, instead of scribbling my email address on their arm). Whatever. Anyway, I am trying to think of a good computer geek type term (instead of something lame, like "computer geek", or "network administrator", or "head scapegoat"). "Computer guy" is kind of amusing, though also fairly lame. Ideas anyone?
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You could try (Score:4, Interesting)
I'm partial to something like "network wonk" (wonk is always a kind of funny term) or "network czar". Terms of royalty have a nice air of pretense about them, such as "Earl of Rackmount" or "Duke of Renderfarm" or "Baron von Webfarm".
Try some foreign words. The Brits always have some good slang you can steal from, although "Cable Wanker" probably isn't appropriate. Or Yiddish: "Computer Maven" (or just Maven) would be all right. "Computer Maven to the Stars" is even more grandiose. Made-up German like Computerische Obergruppenfuherer might be amusing to the right people.
Look at stealing from TV or books: maybe you want to be the "Dell Whisperer", "Clicker of Mice", "Robotic Overlord", or "Speaker To Computers". "Nick Burns, your company's computer guy" would make the SNL fans laugh, although it'll mean nothing to anyone else. Maybe some title from Harry Potter would be good: "John Smith, Defense Against the Dark Arts and Server Maintenance."
In general, long titles can be funny: "Chief Systems Infrastructure Architect and Mouse Clicker", if that's your thing. Or you can adopt a new nickname, such as John "Where's the Any Key?" Smith, or John "Reboot!" Smith. You could think small, such as "Mouse Tamer" or "Mouse Wrangler". "Keyboard Jockey" is bland but wouldn't be inappropriate.
Alliteration is OK, although you've got to do better than my lame example of Chief Computing Consultant (C^3).
Just remember: you'll likely get sick of anything after a while, and don't pick a nickname that you won't want to be called.
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That's an outstanding answer. I mean really - that's over and above. I don't have modpoints but if I did this would be worth more than the one I could give.
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Let me guess - someone crossed you and woke up with a Cartesian join in their bed?
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He designed him a pattern he couldn't reuse.
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Or build it into the email address: ineedageek@yourdomain.com perhaps?
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Heh, "Computer Whisperer"
I'm a big fan of backronyms (Score:3, Funny)
Something pompus, yet sardonic when understood.
How about 'Problem Solver'? (Score:2)
Digital Psychologist (Score:2)
Ta-dumb!
I'm supporting other peoples' code (Score:1)
So I'm a turd-polisher.