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Same, from a working class background, can't really call myself "working class" anymore, but the upbringing remains. I refer to myself as a "programmer", and wh

Same, from a working class background, can't really call myself "working class" anymore, but the upbringing remains. I refer to myself as a "programmer", and when speaking to people who revere what we do I explain that the majority of programmers are effectively "digital plumbers". I have a CS degree (first class, from a very respected uni) and still wouldn't class myself as a "computer scientist", I reserve that term for those who are doing research in the field

eternalban 4y ago
> the majority of programmers are effectively "digital plumbers". I don't think this is entirely true or accurate. Unless plumbing profession also has the phenomena of plumbers removing hair balls, and other junk, from pipes put in there by other plumbers .. that said, in Brazil, we did get a glimpse of working on a typical large codebase.