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> This sounds like it was written by someone who hasn't worked with... Every broad article I've seen like this speaks about 'software' as if it is a monolithic
by 01100011 6y ago
> This sounds like it was written by someone who hasn't worked with...
Every broad article I've seen like this speaks about 'software' as if it is a monolithic career path. The lives of web programmers, embedded engineers, AI researchers, ERP programmers(etc, etc) are all quite different. Most of the articles I've see on programming/software engineering don't capture the things I've experienced over my 23 years as a programmer.
- msla 6y agoAnd then there's the "invisible programmers", the ones who might cross-train as IT technicians, who write internal-only software on an as-needed basis. Need a report? Need a webapp so people can work with a business process database? Need to integrate a CRM into Jira by pulling information out of its backend database nobody has a schema for? Not the kind of stuff they teach you in school, bucko, but someone has to do it.
- awat 6y agoTo me this is a super underrepresented group if you can call it that. Tons and tons of mid market companies have more of these programmers than traditional CS grads.
- MattGaiser 6y agoWhen is the last time anyone considered an Application Analyst a developer? On a small scale, they often do that.
- willhslade 6y agoI believe they were referred to as catfish programmers here a while ago. We say hello. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14564455 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14564455