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When I Read the title I thought of the Google and Apple wage fixing case, and I thought... the ACM really isn't representing the professional programmer much.
by ryanobjc 12y ago
When I Read the title I thought of the Google and Apple wage fixing case, and I thought... the ACM really isn't representing the professional programmer much. Not in the same way that the AMA, Bar association or many other professional associations do.
Some might say, well that's not what the ACM is for. Why not? Continuing education is great, although frankly being a journal publisher isnt 'education' to me. But if the ACM wants to really expand, they need to think about what the working programmer really needs.
If the answer to all this is 'keep publishing stuff' then maybe the ACM is just an academic bridge, and these articles about being for the 'professional programmer' should just stop.
- walshemj 12y agoyes what have the IEEE BCS EFF et all done for us as professionals "bugger all since Brunel died" Why are organisations like these not lobbying to remove the laws that discriminate against IT professions when compared to others I am thinking of IR35 in the UK and the equivalent laws in the USA.
- hga 12y agoIndeed. There were some serious issues in the late '80s and on, like removing the tax safe harbor for consultant programmers, and the ACM was nowhere to be found on these issues, which is one of the things that prompted me to drop my membership. Maybe if I was an academic I would have viewed it differently, but....