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The person who cooks and serves you a hotdog at an airport concession stand and Michelin star chef have the same job but they aren't hired to do each other's wo
by golemotron 8y ago
The person who cooks and serves you a hotdog at an airport concession stand and Michelin star chef have the same job but they aren't hired to do each other's work.
- 52-6F-62 8y agoBeing familiar with people in the food industry, I think they'd find it pretty offensive to call someone in the role of a "cook" the same as calling someone a "chef". They have very different meanings.
- WorldMaker 8y agoThat does seem like a distinction that the software industry needs to work out. The software developer differences between a cook, a sous chef, and a chef, or Nurse versus an RN versus a Doctor, or a Dental Hygienist versus a DMD, or a paralegal versus a Lawyer.
- jedieaston 8y agoIsn't that the distinction between "Programmer" and "Architect" that some places use? Although, it isn't really standardized.
- navd 8y agoNot to me. I think the distinction between these titles are silly. Part of programming is architecting applications. There really isn't a way out of it unless you've just been maintaining and patching up existing code your entire life.
- WorldMaker 8y agoI've never seen a formal definition for "Architect" that applies to more than one usage of that term across companies. Standardization would be the key to it for it to ever be a meaningful distinction. Similarly, some companies use "Programmer" versus "Engineer", but also there aren't good standards there, and worse that bumps into the expectations in the rest of the business world for what "Engineer" is supposed to mean. (Professional Engineering accreditations and licensures.)
- golemotron 8y agoI didn't call anyone a cook. I mention someone who cooks. Chefs cook too (if they are any good).
- 52-6F-62 8y agoSure. But I think capital 'C' Chefs would argue that they don't just cook. I think there's something of a semantic difference.
- collyw 8y agoDo we really need to start taking offense to this sort of thing? Does it improve the world in any way? Remember offense is something that you choose to take.