I've never worked as a programmer, despite 30+ years of programming experience. Based on my observations, biased due to my specific niche, most people who prog

I've never worked as a programmer, despite 30+ years of programming experience. Based on my observations, biased due to my specific niche, most people who program just ... well ... shouldn't. If there were doctors practicing medicine as bad as some people who call themselves programmers program, then we'd have riots! Really curious, what counts as "programming knowledge"?