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While the academic degree of the programmer still is “Master”. I give it another year.
by coffeeblack 4y ago
While the academic degree of the programmer still is “Master”. I give it another year.
- everybodyknows 4y agoI note that "master (verb)" is on the list, but "mastery" is not. So apparently a Stanford M.S., M.A. or M.F.A. degree may be said to denote mastery of a subject, but its holder cannot claim to have mastered the subject. So many ways to get it wrong...
- barbariangrunge 4y agoGive it time. Mastery can also refer to breaking the will of creatures, from horses to people, and explicitly celebrates domination in some usages For some early examples, see: the Iliad