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I'm not really sure what point you are trying to make. If someone self-titles with "Web Programmer", and by your own admission that denotes an interest level t
by sausagefeet 16y ago
I'm not really sure what point you are trying to make. If someone self-titles with "Web Programmer", and by your own admission that denotes an interest level than that seems like its limiting their career in a way they desire. The OP is refers to himself as a Systems Programmer which seems to fit just fine into your definition of self-titles.
This sounds much more like you're projecting frustration with recruiters rather than making a useful point on categorization.
- Xurinos 16y agoFor brevity, the main takeaways from my posts here are these: (1) Avoid overanalyzing when debugging. This is true for all programmers. (2) Divorce identity from skills to avoid personal limitation. Say "I can develop web pages", not "I am a web page developer". (3) Side point: I am not convinced specialization in CS is helpful, and in my experience, it proves to be a hindrance to integration. Sorry for the confusion.
- sausagefeet 16y agoFor point 3, I think it's a benefit. I sell myself as a particular kind of programming specifically because I do not want to work on lame projects that don't interest me at all. I think it's perfectly valid to self-identify as a "systems programmer" or "web programmer" because, unless you're under certain situations, you probably don't want any ol' programming job. These days I even specify what languages I want to work in because I'm so nitpicky.