People who put letters after their name in their Email Sig <POLL>

[original PM]

indeed - most of what I learnt for my degree has now been proved to be incorrect....

once you get past 25 unless you have a career which requires some serious academic clout the letters are pointless.

[smatty]

The BSCs make me laugh. Some people must live in a weird other plane where that seems worth mentioning.

Yea that means you can swim what, 200m?

[stek]

One guy at our place has so many Cisco-type security qualies after his name it looks like a Windows 98 Registration Key...

[BrilloPad]

I have signatures turned off.

[Whorty]

So I should sign as Whorty ACMA, MBA, BSc (Hons), Prince 2, FGASA, Cert Humanities ? A bit much

The one I'm most proud of is FGASA .... has nothing to do with my job in IT, but it does mean I can track lions and elephant in the wilds of Africa

[Halo Jones]

For work related stuff I do use MRICS but that is relevant, never use it on personal email as that seems a bit pretentious.

And yes I am still bloody chuffed I earned it

[TykeMerc]

Worked with many that use their letters in signatures etc but don't act like it's important. I did have one BA resource who insisted that his Dr title be used all the time, to everyone but him it was just a source of piss taking.

Halo in your case it's a badge that you're officially competent (and responsible) in the true meaning of "professional" that's disappeared over years of abuse.

[Sysman]

You think thats bad, Germans don't do that but put the word Doctor in front of their names if they have a doctorate in something or other. Some even have 'Professor Doctor Doctor' if they have qualified in more than one subject, which is just downright idiotic and I make a point of just calling them plain old 'Herr'

Another one is a doctor's wife using Doctor in her name.

Now she might be a doctor in her own right but you don't actually know without a bit of digging.

[SimonMac]

Another one is a doctor's wife using Doctor in her name.

Now she might be a doctor in her own right but you don't actually know without a bit of digging.

Is it Mrs Dr Surname or just Dr Surname?

[Sysman]

The BSCs make me laugh. Some people must live in a weird other plane where that seems worth mentioning.

It's quite amusing when a salesman turns up proudly sporting BSc on his business card.

You look around the table and see 3 folks with a PhD, half a dozen with an MSc or MA, the rest plain old BSc or BA and just smile.