> do developers still refer to their job as "IT" in some places? Probably anywhere that is not a "tech company" and where the software being developed for inte

> do developers still refer to their job as "IT" in some places? Probably anywhere that is not a "tech company" and where the software being developed for internal use. A large fraction of developers are building custom back-office systems for insurance companies, department stores, shipping companies, engine manufacturers, etc. Most of those developers don't read hn, know or think about functional programming or anything more modern than Java 7, etc. I think most of us on HN are probably in the same bubble.