There is a difference between saying that her audience didn't think she was currently a programmer and saying they didn't think she had ever worked as a program

There is a difference between saying that her audience didn't think she was currently a programmer and saying they didn't think she had ever worked as a programmer. If you look at her blog, you will not assume she writes much code now days. If you look at the topics she speaks on, you will probably assume she doesn't write much code. If you look at what consulting services she provides, you'll assume that you can't hire her to write code for your company. Perhaps this one talk was not listed on her site. Perhaps no one in the audience looked up her website to find out who she was while she was speaking. Perhaps, the speakers information was completely different than the way she presents what she does on her website. Or maybe they didn't think she is currently working as a programmer because...well it doesn't currently look like she is primarily writing code for a living.