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Don't Call Yourself a Programmer, and Other Career Advice

16 points by kenny-log_ins 11y ago

kenny-log_ins 11y ago
I posted this because I thought that while most HN readers probably don't think like this, it's a useful exercise to get a different perspective in case you come across people who do.
mromanuk 11y ago
It was posted many times before also discussed many times before. You can check with hn.algolia.com Don't Call Yourself a Programmer 1006 points jambo 4 years ago 270 comments (http://www.kalzumeus.com/2011/10/28/dont-call-yourself-a-programmer/ http://www.kalzumeus.com/2011/10/28/dont-call-yourself-a-pro...) Don't Call Yourself A Programmer, And Other Career Advice (2011) 102 points ColinWright a year ago 45 comments (http://www.kalzumeus.com/2011/10/28/dont-call-yourself-a-programmer?HN_20140807 http://www.kalzumeus.com/2011/10/28/dont-call-yourself-a-pro...) Don't call yourself a programmer (2011) 80 points jrslv 5 months ago 84 comments (http://www.kalzumeus.com/2011/10/28/dont-call-yourself-a-programmer/ http://www.kalzumeus.com/2011/10/28/dont-call-yourself-a-pro...) Don't Call Yourself A Programmer, And Other Career Advice (2011) 8 points Katelyn a year ago 1 comment (http://www.kalzumeus.com/2011/10/28/dont-call-yourself-a-programmer/ http://www.kalzumeus.com/2011/10/28/dont-call-yourself-a-pro...) Don't Call Yourself a Programmer, and Other Career Advice 4 points kenny-log_ins 2 hours ago 1 comment (http://www.kalzumeus.com/2011/10/28/dont-call-yourself-a-programmer/ http://www.kalzumeus.com/2011/10/28/dont-call-yourself-a-pro...) Dont call yourself a programmer (2011) 50 points MindTwister 3 years ago 46 comments (http://www.kalzumeus.com/2011/10/28/ http://www.kalzumeus.com/2011/10/28/) edit: better formatting
- ricardo_ramirez 11y ago
  Your links lead to the article again ... These ones lead to the comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8147008 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8147008 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9015160 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9015160
  - mromanuk 11y ago
    copy-pasted blindly!
- kenny-log_ins 11y ago
  cool didnt know about the algolia tool! thanks for the tip :)
yellowapple 11y ago
> Someone who claims to Lead Efforts To Optimize Production while having the title Sandwich Artist is overstating their accomplishments. I'm not so sure of that. Does this guy realize how ridiculously long it takes some sandwich shops to make a sandwich? Any Lead[ing] [of] Efforts to Optimize Production would be a welcome change, and if said candidate really did so in a sandwich shop like Togo's (which is notorious for taking, like, 10 minutes to make a goddamn sandwich when the local Port of Subs or Subway takes, like, 2 for an equivalent sandwich), I'd hire that candidate in an instant.

16 points by kenny-log_ins 11y ago

I posted this because I thought that while most HN readers probably don't think like this, it's a useful exercise to get a different perspective in case you come across people who do.

mromanuk 11y ago

It was posted many times before also discussed many times before. You can check with hn.algolia.com Don't Call Yourself a Programmer 1006 points jambo 4 years ago 270 comments (http://www.kalzumeus.com/2011/10/28/dont-call-yourself-a-programmer/ http://www.kalzumeus.com/2011/10/28/dont-call-yourself-a-pro...) Don't Call Yourself A Programmer, And Other Career Advice (2011) 102 points ColinWright a year ago 45 comments (http://www.kalzumeus.com/2011/10/28/dont-call-yourself-a-programmer?HN_20140807 http://www.kalzumeus.com/2011/10/28/dont-call-yourself-a-pro...) Don't call yourself a programmer (2011) 80 points jrslv 5 months ago 84 comments (http://www.kalzumeus.com/2011/10/28/dont-call-yourself-a-programmer/ http://www.kalzumeus.com/2011/10/28/dont-call-yourself-a-pro...) Don't Call Yourself A Programmer, And Other Career Advice (2011) 8 points Katelyn a year ago 1 comment (http://www.kalzumeus.com/2011/10/28/dont-call-yourself-a-programmer/ http://www.kalzumeus.com/2011/10/28/dont-call-yourself-a-pro...) Don't Call Yourself a Programmer, and Other Career Advice 4 points kenny-log_ins 2 hours ago 1 comment (http://www.kalzumeus.com/2011/10/28/dont-call-yourself-a-programmer/ http://www.kalzumeus.com/2011/10/28/dont-call-yourself-a-pro...) Dont call yourself a programmer (2011) 50 points MindTwister 3 years ago 46 comments (http://www.kalzumeus.com/2011/10/28/ http://www.kalzumeus.com/2011/10/28/) edit: better formatting

ricardo_ramirez 11y ago
Your links lead to the article again ... These ones lead to the comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8147008 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8147008 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9015160 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9015160
- mromanuk 11y ago
  copy-pasted blindly!
kenny-log_ins 11y ago
cool didnt know about the algolia tool! thanks for the tip :)

yellowapple 11y ago

> Someone who claims to Lead Efforts To Optimize Production while having the title Sandwich Artist is overstating their accomplishments. I'm not so sure of that. Does this guy realize how ridiculously long it takes some sandwich shops to make a sandwich? Any Lead[ing] [of] Efforts to Optimize Production would be a welcome change, and if said candidate really did so in a sandwich shop like Togo's (which is notorious for taking, like, 10 minutes to make a goddamn sandwich when the local Port of Subs or Subway takes, like, 2 for an equivalent sandwich), I'd hire that candidate in an instant.