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> Yeah, WTF is wrong with that Nothing is wrong with it. Donald Knuth proudly describes himself as a programmer. But a good chunk of the people reading this
by slumdev 5y ago
> Yeah, WTF is wrong with that
Nothing is wrong with it. Donald Knuth proudly describes himself as a programmer.
But a good chunk of the people reading this comment probably make more money than he does, and title inflation is part of the stupid game we have to play to earn outsized rewards.
So proceed with caution.
- quietunivac 5y ago"I am a programmer. On my 1040 form, that is what I put down as my occupation. As a programmer, I write programs." -- Ken Thompson, in his 1983 Turing Award lecture, "Reflections on Trusting Trust". https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/358198.358210 https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/358198.358210