There are titles they give you and titles you give yoruself. I personally am a "super admin" and a "human proofing tool" whereas in common acceptance, I am a "lawyer". Ps. totally up for "Senior Ninja"

Software Engineer.

I find funky titles superflous and unnecessary. It would be ridiculous if other professions adopted this too. For example, imagine a limo driver calling himself 'captain of a chartered car'. Plain titles give you a general idea of what the person does. In general, Sofware Developer II/Senior Developer has greater responsibility than Softare Developer I etc. I think people will find it difficult to differentiate between a hacker and software ninja. Really, what is the difference?

If I ever become a dishwasher I'm going to negotiate for the title of "Culinary Technology Maintenance Technician".

Graphic Designer | Web Producer

Don't really care what title I'm given, unless it has "director" or "scholar" attached meaningfully.

I'm at a small (marketing) firm. When we have multiple devs, I'm the "Senior Developer." But whenever I'm the only dev, the "Senior" prefix gets stripped.

I think titles like "Ninja" or "Guru" are just as overrated as "Web 2.0" or "Cloud."

At Open Software Integrators: Senior Consultant

At Fogbeam Labs: Founder / President / Janitor

Also are you with or against funky titles such as Ninja, Guru, etc..?

I prefer to refer to myself as a "Software Shaman".

Day Job: Consultant II

My Startup: Supreme Overlord

I am against those gimmicky terms. They mean nothing and come and go. The company I work for is all about calling developers "rockstars".

Financial Analyst.

I personally think the funky job titles are silly and unnecessary. Regular job titles are broad and nebulous enough.

MicroComputer Systems Analyst I/II

For "funky" titles. The titles here are pretty ambiguous as you can see.

Digital Marketing Manager.

Funky titles are ok for smaller startups but not really great for individual career progression

Straight up 'Software Engineer'.

Implementation Consultant

30/70 Consulting and getting requirements/Coding to get them done

Maintenance Developer (because they think "Junior" has a negative connotation).

Mobile Software Engineer. Or as I like to call myself App Conjurer

Web Application Developer

I strongly dislike funky titles.

Head of Creative Technology

Business Development Lead

funky titles are ok as long as they're descriptive enough

Systems Specialist

sys admin