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Most of programming is just moving shit around; not interesting mathematics like knuth has done

• m_fayer 8y ago
  We're 21st century plumbers.
  • aphextron 8y ago
    >We're 21st century plumbers. I tell people this all the time when they ask what I do. I've met quite a few master plumbers, and they are extremely intelligent technical geniuses for the most part. I'm completely convinced that I would have been one of them (or some other trade craft) if I were born 50 years ago.
    • jamiek88 8y ago
      Modest too, most of ‘em.
• time-domain0 8y ago
  - IT: Sanitation engineers - Developers: Hazmat engineers - CS: Civil engineers
  • fouc 8y ago
    Sounds accurate to me, but I'm interested if people will downvote you because they don't like the IT line.
    • delinka 8y ago
      Looks like it gets worse down the list, so I don't think the IT folk will complain too much. edit: Yes, whether you feel "Civil engineering" is worse than "Hazmat engineering" is a subjective matter.
  • dsfyu404ed 8y ago
    IT: Garbage truck operators Developers: Garbage truck service/maintenance department Devops: Mechanic's apprentice who sometimes has to fill in for garbage truck drivers who no-show. Contractor: Mobile service tech gets called in to weld up stuff when it's broken beyond what the in-house team can handle. CS: Guys who plan the garbage trucks' route. Not everything is "engineering". Edit: You people take yourselves too seriously.
  • plausibilities 8y ago
    - IT: Deployment - Dev: Implementation - CS: Design