>Is a front-end developer not a “real” developer if she can’t describe what a bubble sort is or does? Yes. Being able to accomplish one specific thing in a fi

>Is a front-end developer not a “real” developer if she can’t describe what a bubble sort is or does? Yes. Being able to accomplish one specific thing in a field, does not make you skilled in that trade. It makes you skilled at doing that specific thing. A farrier is not a blacksmith. A blacksmith would probably know how to forge a horseshoe but find it difficult to actually shoe the horse. They are not really in the same profession though their professions are related. And software development is not my profession but if it were I'd be equally protective of it and I would not welcome any mass influx of newcomers to the labour pool. Why would I?