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Re:How to Be a Programmer: A Short, Comprehensive, and Perso... by austincheney on Sunday December 23, 2018 @04:13AM (#18745204)
> What makes /this/ profession so different from any other?

No credentials. All it takes to be a programmer is appeasing somebody in a 30-60min interview. What other white collar career can you say that about? It takes more to be a truck driver.

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Re:How to Be a Programmer: A Short, Comprehensive, and Perso... by NateEag on Sunday December 23, 2018 @06:49AM (#18745615)
Sales. Marketing. Entrepreneur (impressing VCs). CEO, in many cases (though you have to impress a handful of people, not just one).

That's with barely any thought - I expect there are more.

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