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Being called a "coder" implies you're performing mechanistic grunt work of manipulating symbols with little thought to architecture, or really without any impli
by vezzy-fnord 11y ago
Being called a "coder" implies you're performing mechanistic grunt work of manipulating symbols with little thought to architecture, or really without any implied discipline. It's akin to identifying a writer or journalist as a "typist". Though I suppose that's what many "coders" do, go figure.
The media by and large does not care about programmers, only insofar as there is overlap with Internet entrepreneurs.
- argonaut 11y agoI agree with you. It's all highly subjective, of course, but my own perception is there's a slightly negative connotation to calling someone a "coder." If you don't think so, you can at least agree that it's less positive relative to "doctor"/"lawyer"/"manager." Heck, even "designer" has a slightly fashionable connotation to it.
- ZeroGravitas 11y ago"It's akin to identifying a writer or journalist as a "typist"." Or it's like referring to a writer as a "writer".