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Your analogy is a good one for types of programmers - that disciplines of construction/software worker are not interchangeable (though lots of crane drivers can
by RickS 11y ago
Your analogy is a good one for types of programmers - that disciplines of construction/software worker are not interchangeable (though lots of crane drivers can also drive a forklift).
It misses the point of the article though. The article is tired of people saying "forklift driver's aren't real construction workers"... which sounds pretty silly. I think very few of us drive past a construction zone and question the validity of who's on site. But we do it in tech all the time.
People and skills aren't interchangeable 1:1. Some jobs require far more ability than others. Still - if you're in the field, you're one of us.
- paulddraper 11y agoBut surely it would not be so weird to "stratify" electricians and signalers (people who turn signs). Both do "construction", but the difference in skill and market supply/demand.
- sklogic 11y agoIt is not silly. There is no such a profession as "programmer" (and I believe that this "profession" should have never existed in the first place). There are many very different professions. It is not silly to say that "a midwife is not a real dentist" (and the other way around).