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This is one of many divides in the field that makes many general discussions hard. There are many people who think of themselves as a “X programmer” (and perha
by lokar 1y ago
This is one of many divides in the field that makes many general discussions hard.
There are many people who think of themselves as a “X programmer” (and perhaps Y and Z), and managers/companies looking for them.
Then there are people who think of themselves as software engineers, and the language does not really matter (and companies that hire for that).
If often see the two camps talking past each other.
- temporallobe 1y agoI certainly consider myself a software engineer first and programmer second, and you’re right, the language doesn’t matter. I recently got a position developing in Python having never really used it professionally, but it’s so similar to other interpreted languages I knew so I was able to jump right in and start making meaningful contributions. Often we are expected to learn new languages, which is exactly how I picked up the 10ish languages I can confidently say I’m good in, despite never having been formally trained in those. Most common languages don’t stray from certain basic principles anyway.