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Re:Don’t Call Yourself a Developer If You Don’t Code by reaperducer on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @11:25AM (#24482273)
What if you develop software for medical equipment?

Then you're a programmer, not a doctor.

still the doctor has a piece of paper saying that some checked his or her qualifications

Yes. That's how we keep the frauds and whackjobs from killing people.

"Gatekeeping" is a dirty word on HN, but it also has its usefulness. We don't let just anyone drive a car, even if they really really really think they know how. You have to have a license.

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Re:Don’t Call Yourself a Developer If You Don’t Code by fredsanford on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @02:44PM (#24485076)
> Especially considering that its literal definition is "requiring people to actually understand how to program computers

Too bad no one ever told Microsoft about that...

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