I have a coder friend who recently moved to NYC and he reports (for the most part) the same thing. In Seattle telling people he's a software engineer does one o

I have a coder friend who recently moved to NYC and he reports (for the most part) the same thing. In Seattle telling people he's a software engineer does one of two things: it starts a big geek-out discussion about something, or people roll their eyes "oh boy, another one of you guys". In NYC on the other hand people regard it as just another job.