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If I've got five years' experience writing, say, front-end JavaScript, I can reasonably call myself a programmer. A company that wants to develop software in C
by thristian 11y ago
If I've got five years' experience writing, say, front-end JavaScript, I can reasonably call myself a programmer. A company that wants to develop software in C for embedded microcontrollers might reasonably advertise for a programmer. But my value to that company is approximately $0, because I can't (in a reasonable time frame) do the things they want done.
- SomeStupidPoint 11y agoThe same objection applies to translators -- which is why people talk about the languages one is literate in for both professions when hiring. But it's not like there's much dispute that being a translator is a job.