Re:Designers are more valuable than programmers
by gdub on Tuesday January 24, 2012 @02:29PM
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I think you are misunderstanding the point of Shawn's post. He is specifying that a 'programmer' is just a 'coder'. A 'developer' or 'maker' is a programmer that keeps the 'product' in scope by incorporating design as well as code. A programmer-only is being trumped by developers that always keep design and the customer in mind.
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Re:Designers are more valuable than programmers
by untog on Tuesday January 24, 2012 @02:34PM
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I think that trying to draw a distinction between "programmer" and "developer" isn't really a great idea, because a lot of people (myself included) would consider the terms equivalent.
In that context, it makes the title seem a little "clickbait-y". "Programmers are less valuable, except that I'm talking about a specific subset of programmers" is less catchy though, I will grant you that.