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I still don't understand why at some point "coder" has become more popular than the simple "programmer".

• elorant 10y ago
  Because it sounds cooler. It has a connotation with code as writing something cryptic. Programmer is so eighties.
• justinsaccount 10y ago
  Don't forget "dev". Everyone is a "dev" now.
  • cr0sh 10y ago
    I thought everybody was a "dev-op" now? Have I been lied to? You know what, f'it - just call me a guru. Sometimes I be in deep thought, meditating at my Amiga, but if an error happens, well...you know what that means.
• overcast 10y ago
  Everyone is an "engineer" these days. It doesn't matter what your title is, as long as you get things done.
• gtrubetskoy 10y ago
  Actually, I think Rob Pike in a talk said something along the lines of "they are writing code as opposed to programming", implying that "coding" is sort of "mindless programming". The output of "coding" is code, the output of programming is a program, which may or may not be code, though usually is. Edit: Upon some googling, this comes from the book "The Practice of Programming" by Kernighan/Pike.
• icantdrive55 10y ago
  It's cooler--I guess? I remember a change in the vernacular after that movie about Facebook came out. I'm glad, "Wired in" didn't take roots. I still cringe when some guy who has 0 customers, but is throwing around, "When we decide to monetize?". Let's just go back to "Make some money?" And the constant new acronyms. I'm even using acronyms because no one seems to care anymore?