It's nice to see OR get some love on HN. I think one of the biggest problems with OR practitioners is that we have a hard time articulating what we bring to the table. My job title is "suitability analyst," but that doesn't tell the whole picture. We have slogans like "The Science of Better," but most people still don't understand what we do. OR is overshadowed by larger but not necessarily better "brands" like systems engineering and MBAs spouting words like "lean." I can't tell people that I do OR because people ask "what's that?" and don't have time for me to give them a five minute explanation. I might just point them to this page and say if you really want to know then read this. Otherwise just go ahead and think of me as an industrial engineer/computer scientist/mathematician/statistician/economist all rolled into one.