And another thing...

Often, titles are used as a polite conversation starter. "What do you do for a living?" According to HR I am an engineer, but that is far from the truth, so I say "industrial incident investigator" then have to explain, but at least it is honest.

One of my college professors claimed that at social events, he could be standing next to someone who was introduced as the Senior US Senator , but when he said he was an astronomer, everyone else in the room was forgotten. People love astronomy.