Computer Scientist: A computer scientist is as much a mathematician as they are a technologist Programmer: A good breadth of algorithmic knowledge is imperativ

Computer Scientist: A computer scientist is as much a mathematician as they are a technologist Programmer: A good breadth of algorithmic knowledge is imperative Developer: They are consummate generalists without any truly deep specializations Since those are bolded I assume the author means those as the defining characteristics of each group. Yet I see all of those in myself. Depending on the project, some aspects stand out more than others, and some styles (throwing together, designing, refactoring) stand out more than others as well. I'll just nod my head to the other commenters who don't find this article very useful.