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LinkedIn : as an Owner, is it better to make the title as CEO or Owner or Software Engineer?

by Booster
16 replies
Hi all,

I planning to intensively search for contractor/freelance jobs in the next days on linkedin. Since I try to act as business owner rather than a developer I would like to know what title will me more efficient in order to attract more prospect [I have 5 five years development experiences as an employee and 3 years experiences as owner of a software company (not very success yet certainly to lack of marketing strategies,etc), and a master in computer sciences] in the following :

- CEO at xxxxxxxxx
- Software Engineer at xxxxxxxxx
- Owner at xxxxxxxxx
- Founder at xxxxxxxxx

Thanks in advance for your help,

Booster
#ceo #engineer #linkedin #make #owner #software #title
  • Profile picture of the author bmw040
    CEO if your company is a legal entity (e.g. inc, llc, etc...).

    Otherwise I suggest owner.
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    • Profile picture of the author Booster
      Originally Posted by bmw040 View Post

      CEO if your company is a legal entity (e.g. inc, llc, etc...).

      Otherwise I suggest owner.
      Yes, my company is a legal entity since it is a Limited Company (based in UK).
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      • Profile picture of the author bmw040
        Originally Posted by Booster View Post

        Yes, my company is a legal entity since it is a Limited Company (based in UK).
        I would definitely opt for CEO then (my two cents).
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  • Profile picture of the author iodalg
    I had the same question not long time ago. I settled with CEO :-)
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  • Profile picture of the author cuie
    Just a perspective from a corporate world:

    CEO usually refers that there is C-level positions: CFO, CMO, etc and some corporate structure behind it. For a small company this is "over-marketing".

    For a smaller company CEO equivalent is MD (managing director) or managing partner.

    For a really small company I'd use Owner. Founder is usually a person who isn't anymore in operative work in the company.

    If you are a one-man company and you are selling your skills, I'd use Software Developer / Senior Software Developer

    Those were my 5 cents
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    • Profile picture of the author Alex Blades
      CEO is pretty watered down nowadays, you see people with pajamas smoking a blunt who post their job titles as CEO of what ever fake company

      Software engineer sounds nice

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      • Profile picture of the author Booster
        Originally Posted by Alex Blades View Post

        Software engineer sounds nice
        I start being confused.
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    • Profile picture of the author Booster
      Originally Posted by cuie View Post

      If you are a one-man company and you are selling your skills, I'd use Software Developer / Senior Software Developer
      Yes, I am the only one in the company.
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  • Profile picture of the author DerekGann
    CEO is my preference as you said your company has legal entity .
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  • Profile picture of the author MobiDev
    I vote for CEO
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  • Profile picture of the author ronrule
    If you're your only employee, Owner is better. Corporate entity or not, a one-man shop running around calling himself a CEO is a bit tacky.
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    • Profile picture of the author Booster
      Originally Posted by ronrule View Post

      If you're your only employee, Owner is better. Corporate entity or not, a one-man shop running around calling himself a CEO is a bit tacky.
      It seems like Owner will be the best title.
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  • Profile picture of the author Moneymaker2012
    CEO describes more qualities in you and have a good impression, so I would go for it.
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    • Profile picture of the author Biz Max
      If you are using it in hopes of attracting leads, CEO or owner really does nothing.

      Who cares? You will however attract more people to connect with you in hopes
      of selling YOU their stuff.

      If you click on 'the people you may know' link on your Linkedin homepage you
      can see that you have very little space to tell them what you are. As I do it
      right now I see many of the same sounding titles... then I see this one-

      "Certified rooftop genius at Xxxxx Exteriors' (name altered)

      Be interesting while being descriptive. I giggle at most who call themselves 'CEO'
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