Ditto for the silliness of slapping engineer or hacker like marketing engineer or growth hacker.
If I bootstrap something, I will call myself "Leader Maximo" or, to honor my country, "Dux".
Unless CEO means "Chief Everything Officer."
Yes, I had a flatmate who had a "startup". She carried on her hobby (as I would call it) while her boyfriend earned a wage.
Everyone starts somewhere. Now who's pompous. :)
One of my previous employers went and acquired a startup that had three employees and each had a C title. One was chief Organization Officer. What exactly are you organizing?!
What exactly are you organizing?!
Organizing a good résumé.
I have the pleasure of e-mailing with the CEO of a very small hobby-like website the other day.