yea, it's already been discussed.
Call me the
Master Electrician if you will as a professional title. I'm not a techie much less a technition anymore for anyone but the most simplistic of corporate clients that I could care less about anyway - similar to the respect they would give me. I paid my dues in doing shows and have a certain more amount of respect due. Officiallly I'm support staff, or asst. Equipment manager.
Today I was described to a client as the head of the R&D department. I liked that even if only a part of my job. But since I work at a rock and
roll lighting company, them people are commonly called roadies inspite of them being technitions. Roadies are a much lower form of life than Techies or Technitions. Roadies are one step above "Carnies" in being a person to watch your children around. Technitions for the
stage are about on the
level with a carpenter in respect for being a trained professional but not quite at the
level of a engineer or pumber - plumber's crack or not and real electrician.
Were I back on
stage and part of a crew, techies might be just fine in comparing me to the "talent" or actors in an unofficial way. But techies assumes a certain amount of lack of professionalism to it's term thus by the time you are out at least of college, you wont' hear it much.
Stagecraft forum about six months ago had a very lively discussion about this topic. Perhaps a search into that topic might lend a
bit more info on the subject of what other "professionals"
call themselves besides the terrible trio. Wolfe ya techie! he he he!
To which his reply is that I don't care what you
call me as long as I'm paid for my skill
level. Much like wearing a suit for a show in certain situations. It's not work clothes but if it's expected and appropriate and will pay rent, what the heck a suite with a
C-Wrench in the pocket.