"quasi-artist": That's how I've always felt about it. My job title says, "engineer", but I think of myself as more the software equivalent of a master cabinet

"quasi-artist": That's how I've always felt about it. My job title says, "engineer", but I think of myself as more the software equivalent of a master cabinet maker, an artisan of fine heirloom software. ("Heirloom" is no joke. I'm currently replacing software I wrote over 25 years ago, that's been in use ever since.)