RE: What is a programmer (was WDSC and Linux)

A programmer, like any worker, is one who can do the job required. If he's a
specialist in doing reports, and that's what he gets paid to do, then he's a
programmer. If her job is to design screens and user interfaces and she does
it, she's a programmer.
 
Making impossible requirements to fancy up a job title seems... petty
somehow.
 
 
 
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Booth Martin http://www.MartinVT.com
Booth-zPOEG7LBV2lWk0Htik3J/[email protected]
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-------Original Message-------
 
From: CODE/400 Discussion & Support
Date: Thursday, July 24, 2003 3:25:46 PM
To: CODE/400 Discussion & Support
Subject: RE: What is a programmer (was WDSC and Linux)
 
> From: Wills, Mike N. (TC)
>
> So what then is the definition of a programmer? One who writes code from
> scratch? In my opinion, that is stupid. If the code is written, and it
> works, why write your own code every time?
 
A programmer, IMHO, is someone who can debug every line of HLL code in his
application, right down to the operating system (the part that is supported
by the OS vendor).
 
Joe

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